Originally posted by nemaroller
As far as C++ being a better language... I doubt you would adhere to that if you had a 3 month deadline to build an international-ready enterprise level SQL-backend data application, built in multi-tier architecture and part of that architecture including webservices on an IIS server. Gaaasssppp.. AND including disconnected data functionality, plus have the ability to port over to an Oracle backend or a Unix frontend in the future if necessary. (they don't ask that of you in college do they? )
That does NOT make C++ a bad language.

VB is a niche language designed for quick development like that. That does NOT mean C++ isn't the better language, it just means the development for certain applications is shorter with VB.

I would like to add that, with .NET, you can use C++ and managed extensions to complete a C++ .NET application as quick as any VB application. It has the same drag and drop interface as well as events just like VB. However, using .NET with C++ kind of defeat's C++'s purpose since .NET breaks RAII.