What is better?

[ZueS]

Should I learn C++ Or Visual Basic, What is better?

[Pradeep1210]

Depends on whether you want to be a happy man or a sad man.
vb = happy man
c++ = sad man

[abhijit]

Should I learn C++ Or Visual Basic, What is better?

What's good for me, may not be good for someone else.

Make a choice and stick to it. Then again, you could simply go out of your way and learn both.

[I_Love_My_Vans]

Or you could learn Objective-C and spend your hours on the Apple Developer forum... that's what Mendhak does all day, although damned if he won't admit it to save his soul from Steve Jobs.

Holla!

[Jenner]

Be a happy man.

It beats the hell out of tracking down memory management issues and null pointers.

[Pradeep1210]

Be a happy man.

It beats the hell out of tracking down memory management issues and null pointers.

Yep. Exactly my point.

And what I hate most is the case sensitivity and unnecessary compiler shrieks for things like missing semi-colon terminators etc. Instead of concentrating on the program objective, you concentrate more on such things.

But then again these are purely my own feelings. C++ lovers may have some good arguments in favor of these things.

[mendhak]

Easy - don't forget the semicolons. C# is like that too, but then the IDE helps you out a lot.

[FunkyDexter]

To be honest I always felt the frustrations with C++ are more to do with the lack of a decent ide than to do with the language itself's syntax. Can you imagine trying to write VB in notepad?

I also think that asking which language to learn kinda misses the point when you're a beginner. You should be concentrating on how to be a 'good programmer' rather than a 'C++ programmer' or a 'VB programmer'. Good programming practices and techniques transcend the language and, once you've gopt good practices down, switching between languages is reasonably simple.

[KiwiDexter]

Or you could blow them both off and learn java. There'll probably be a job at Apple trying to work out multitasking in the not too distant future

[mendhak]

I'm doing Java right now. I die a little bit inside with every keystroke.

[Jenner]

Or you could blow them both off and learn java. There'll probably be a job at Apple trying to work out multitasking in the not too distant future

Hahaha.... nice.

Or writing a Flash plugin for mobile Safari.

FunkyDexter's correct though. Programming is programming. Learn the methods and languages come naturally. Pick a language and use it to become a good programmer.