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[qasimkhan85]

I wanna ask that what is the major difference between a tool and a programming language.as i remember my teacher told me that vb6 is a tool and vb.net is a programming language.So how can we differentiate.
i alspo wanna know what is the managed code and unmanaged code in Programming language

[Munawar]

I wanna ask that what is the major difference between a tool and a programming language.as i remember my teacher told me that vb6 is a tool and vb.net is a programming language.So how can we differentiate.
i alspo wanna know what is the managed code and unmanaged code in Programming language

Hi,

VB is programming language which was with added support of visual development. Sometime / some people alos call a tool because it is with full intigrated development environment (IDE) which in case of other languages is not integrated (like in java KAWA is used, for html, PHP and ASP Frontpage or Dreamweaver is commonly used)
Hence VB6 is programing language but you can call a tool as IDE + IS very specific for VB6.

http://www.engin.umd.umich.edu/CIS/course.des/cis400/vbasic/vbasic.html#sigfeat

About manage /unmanaged...

Code written in any .net language is compiled by certain compiler( cs, vb) to MISL and then by JIT and is executed under CLR...
All the code for which execution is handled by CLR is called managed.
Here deitals are well explained .
Managed VS unmanaged details

Hopefully it would help you

Thanks,
Munawar

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