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+1 Riley Childs Student Asst. Head of IT Services Charlotte United Christian Academy (704) 497-2086 RileyChilds.net Sent from my Windows Phone, please excuse mistakes ________________________________ From: Pieter De Praetere<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Sent: 3/27/2014 4:24 AM To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] CFP: A Librarian's Introduction to Programming Languages Hi, I wouldn't exclude VB or VBS, it can be invaluable in locked-down environments (with an uncooperative IT department), as it is installed and enabled by default on Windows XP & Windows 7 (e.g. for scripting digitization workflows as I have done) Pieter ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 07:39:37 -0400 From: Cary Gordon <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: CFP: A Librarian's Introduction to Programming Languages PHP is very widely used in libraries and is among the most widely used languages in general. I think that it would be unfortunate if it were not included. I wonder about C# over C++. I don't believe that Basic has much of a presence in library development outside of Microsoft application scripting. Of course, there are likely quite a few 10 year old VB apps out there. Cary