12.1 General Considerations
The most
evident difference between C# and VB syntax is that C# uses the
semicolon (;) as a statement terminator, whereas
VB uses a line break. Hence, while a statement in C# can occupy
multiple lines as long as it is terminated with a semicolon, a VB
statement must occupy a single line. Multiline statements in VB must
appear with the VB line continuation character (a space followed by
an underscore) on all but the last line.
A second, and not quite so evident,
difference is that C# is case sensitive, whereas VB is not. (Uniform
casing for VB code is enforced by the Visual Studio environment, but
it is by no means required.)
Finally, all types and their members
have access modifiers that determine the type or
member's accessibility. The keywords for these
access modifiers are nearly identical in VB and C#, as Table 12-1 shows.
Table 12-1. Access modifiers in C# and VB|
public
|
Public
|
private
|
Private
|
protected
|
Protected
|
internal
|
Friend
|
protected internal
|
Protected Friend
|
|