Practical Standards for Microsoft® Visual Basic® .NET, Second Edition

Introduction

As members of a functional society, we adhere to standards every day of our lives. Often we don’t think about these standards; rather, we take them for granted and apply them naturally. For instance, when you pull up to an intersection that’s a four-way stop, you stop your car and check for cross traffic. Once any cars already crossing the intersection are through, you determine who has the right of way (the car first to arrive at a stop sign and then whichever car is on the right) and cross the intersection at the appropriate time. You might do this 50 times a day. You might do this while eating a donut, drinking coffee, chatting on the phone (a ticketable offence in many places now), or talking to a car full of passengers. When ...