var != Dim – or why Visual Basic is the right choice for working with Microsoft Office

I just came across a great post from Scott (as so many of his are) which starts with an explanation of why C# var is not the same as Dim in Visual Basic ( var <> Dim ? ) but turns into a great example of why Visual Basic is a much better choice for working with Office. The post and the comments that follow are all well worth a read. Or….just compare the amounts of code below :-) I will let you guess which is C#…

 

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