I use C# at work and its a very robust environment... Im not sure how optimized it is though... my experience in the past is that the Blitz products while having a less than desirable IDE make up for it on raw speed / executable size and ease of coding Graphics related stuff.
I've not used MAX yet so I can't say anything on that one but I can say that if your decision is between VB and C# go with C# in a heartbeat.
I've not used MAX yet so I can't say anything on that one but I can say that if your decision is between VB and C# go with C# in a heartbeat.