Why vbscript

Next Continue. Home Testing Expand child menu Expand. SAP Expand child menu Expand. Web Expand child menu Expand. Must Learn Expand child menu Expand. Big Data Expand child menu Expand. Live Project Expand child menu Expand. AI Expand child menu Expand. Toggle Menu Close. Because variables are untyped and code is not compiled, all external objects instantiated in VBScript code are necessarily late-bound.

This has a number of implications. First, late binding typically entails a substantial performance penalty in comparison to early binding. Second, while the properties and methods of early-bound objects can be examined in Visual Basic or hosted VBA environments using the Object Browser, this is not the case with late-bound objects. Finally, the help facilities available for early-bound objects in VB and VBA like Auto List Members and Auto Quick Info are not available, making syntax errors more likely and ready access to good documentation all the more necessary.

Most functions and procedures, VBA supports both positional and named arguments. Note that while positional arguments must occur in a predefined sequence, named arguments need not. At least in our experience, more advanced programmers tend to prefer positional syntax, while more novice programmers tend to prefer named arguments.

Given all of this, it is unfortunate that VBScript supports only positional arguments. And the real question here is, how did Sergey know about the vulnerability in the first place? Did he steal one of the systems? Did he work in a store that used them? Did he know that there was some patch missing on the systems? Price, set, match: Target's new weapon to beat 'key online retailers'.

But it doesn't matter to me what the truth is for Sergey or those breaches. The fact that VB is ready for the scrap heap is undeniable.

To me, the security implications of its continued use is just another nail in its waiting coffin. And just so you don't think I'm a perennial malcontent, this is the first time I've ever campaigned for the absolute demise of any programming language. The fact that I don't like Java doesn't mean that it isn't a decent language. I think C is better but that's just me.

Some advice for Sergey: Use your powers for good. Find something constructive to do with your time other than criminal activity. If I were your father, I'd spank your bottom and send you to bed without any vodka. VB is wordy, slow, single platform, visually and syntactically unappealing, and its use exposes too many vulnerabilities in the Windows OS. Torvald's statement about it not being a great language is an understatement but more politically pleasing than my total disdain for it.

I believe that Microsoft should standardize on C for heavy lifting and PowerShell for Windows automation tasks. VB, in my opininon, no longer fits into either category. Missouri apologizes to k teachers who had SSNs and private info exposed.

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