Quote Originally Posted by szlamany
How about a good programmer vs a poor programmers - I bet that makes the biggest difference.
I think that sums it up.

A good programmer in any language (well OK most) will beat a poor programmer of a fast language like C++ or ASM.

But a good programmer in C++ will beat a good programmer in VB (if only by an unnoticable difference). I think that was the point of the thread originally (the speed difference part anyway).