Ihave written a few VB applications which might be marketable, but am wondering if I should rewrite them in C++ or Adelphia.

Since I own Visual Studio, it will only cost time to learn C++, not money to buy it. As a retired Mainframe programmer, I know that I could learn C++, but it is the most user hostile language I have encountered. By the way, I am a Dinosaur who has programmed in numeric machine languages as well as assembly and compiler languages. I think I remember being less intimidated by the machine languages than by C++.

It would be appreciated if somebody could critique C++ versus VB on the following.

Is C++ a lot more difficult to use than VB? For a person
who has only taken a quick look at it, does C++ seem to
be worse than it really is?

VB allows for a pretty professional looking application
without a lot of effort. Can C++ applications be as
slick and professional?

Does it take significantly more time & effort to create
forms and provide conveniences like VB dialog Boxes?

Are C++ applications more efficient in run-time and/or
memory required?

Will VB Application run on a system that does not have
VB or the Visual Studio installed? Will C++ Applications
run without C++ or Visual Studio?

Is it easier to find a company willing to buy, market,
or make some deal relating to a C++ application?

What is Adelphia? I recently encountered a Professional who uses it and claimed to like it better than VB. Before he had a chance to elaborate, the conversation turned to cosmology, women, skiing, & duplicate bridge (not necessarily in that order).

Did you know that when dinosaurs roamed the earth, there were programmers who believed that compilers had no future outside the Academic community?