Post #3520319
2026-07-01 15:30 UTC
Replies (7)
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@ireneista@adhd.irenes.space 2026-07-01 21:24
@slava@mathstodon.xyz strongly agreed
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@jdboyd@social.treehouse.systems 2026-07-02 06:24
@slava@mathstodon.xyz VB5 was pretty cool, and the database features of VB6 seemed amazing at the time. I don't miss the language itself all that much though. To me, the closest feeling thing is Django. I feel like of the three you mentioned though, only Smalltalk really had a decent language attached to it.
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@krzyzanowskim@mastodon.social 2026-07-01 15:33
@slava@mathstodon.xyz totally. what I'm saying about VS6, it was the revolution of its time
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@sakiamu@tech.lgbt 2026-07-01 15:42
@slava@mathstodon.xyz Is it even possible for something today to be as compelling? Given that we've lost a lot of the generically positive affect towards tech. Smalltalk-80 and HyperCard both have direct descendants in Cuis SmallTalk and Decker. VB6 less so, maybe something in Lazarus?
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@torb@hachyderm.io 2026-07-01 17:07
@slava@mathstodon.xyz Yeah! Visual Basic 5 was my introduction to programming at 9 years old. I got just a smidge of guidance from my dad and I was off to the races. Incrdibly gentle and acessible introduction to programming.
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@mat@friendica.exon.name 2026-07-01 17:19
@slava@mathstodon.xyz Many coding environments have stated their intent to empower users, and of them all only Excel has actually done so.
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@fanf@mendeddrum.org 2026-07-01 17:26
@slava@mathstodon.xyz and the macromedia flash authoring tools