Subj : Question To : All From : Crash Date : Wed Feb 16 2005 03:25 pm As someone that understands the basics of programming I have always been able to look @ exsisting code and figure problems to make it compile and fix memory leaks etc. This was many many years ago with no formal training or anything like that just books and reference cards. I am wanting to re write a software that we use @ work, it is currently written in Visual basic . NET and it SUCKS ! Its been my experience that VB just plain sucks period. I am looking for suggestions from people who currently are able to write code on what I should re write it in. As someone who has debugged and wrote mods for a-lot of C++ code my first instinct is to use Visual C# .NET however someone told me they both use the exact same interp. If this is true then I would probably want to run like hell from that as well. Does anyone out there have any suggestions on what I should re write this interface in ? It uses TCP/IP on a very regular basis so thats something to consider. It also deals with images ( low grade basic stuff ) all the time. Any suggestions on books to read would also be appreciated, once I know what language I am going to use I will need a really good book that will take me from ground 0 to pro asap. Thanx in advance.. Crash --- þ Synchronet þ RTR - chloie.cjb.net .