Hi all

I am bit confuse over the issue "VB.NET v/s C# performancewise which is better?", some said c# bcos it is designed to take framework in mind, but some said both are equivalent, which is true?


Thanks
Avanish

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Avanish Pandey
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Hi Avinash,

 VB.Net has some level backward combatibity for old VB, so if you are an old vb programmer your code may have overhead of this feature. But C# is a totaly new language designed to .Net Platform, it is strongly typed and bit more options than vb.net. Also the case insensitivty may cost a bit to the CLR in case of VB.net.

I have worked in both and have not found any mind blowing perfomance in C#.
Its you coding practices which are going to cost you. For Eg: The more you use Stringbuilder that string the faster is you application.

Prashant

Prashant, your post is a tad misleading:

VB.NET is also designed for the framework. It is strongly typed. All languages that work in .NET must work with the framework. True, C# does have a few more tricks up its sleave that VB.NET does not, but not that many.

The Microsoft.VisualBasic namespace has many functions that are found in earlier version of VB to support migration. However, many of those functions can be found in a similar form in the framework, and I'd recommend learning those in order to stick to generic framework methods (vs. language specific). If you still need to use some older style VB function, you can. And you can use them in any .NET language because the Microsoft.VisualBasic classes are part of the framework.

When .NET code is compiled, it's all distilled down to MicroSoft Intermediate Language (MSIL) that lives in the assembly (DLL/EXE). This makes the case issue irrelevant when it comes to performance.[/quote]

Avanish-
Until you get into advanced coding techniques where you may need to take advantage of some of the minor differences between the .NET languages you will find that they both perform and behave the same. All .NET languages support all aspects of the framework while each provides a few things the others don't.

-Peter

Hi

Thanks for your reply, but see what a got from a message board:

"c# is faster than vb.net because it generates less code in IL than vb.net. So, this reason, it is faster than vb.net. "

it is true?

Avanish