(w/Poll) Visual Basic #6 ! - above Javascript, PHP, Swift, Ruby, Go, Pearl, Rust

[JohnC]

Programming language rankings: R makes a comeback but there's debate about its rise

There's no clear agreement about what's behind statistical programming language R's recent apparent rise.

www.zdnet.com

I'm assuming that "Classic VB" is VB6 and "Visual Basic" is VB.NET

I still don't understand why if VB.NET is just under C#, why does Microsoft no longer offer code examples in VB.net anymore in their online help

 

[EnriqueGonzalez]

I still don't understand why if VB.NET is just under C#, why does Microsoft no longer offer code examples in VB.net anymore in their online help

they just killed it a month or 2 ago.

Microsoft: 'We Do Not Plan to Evolve Visual Basic as a Language' -- Visual Studio Magazine

In its move to the open-source, cross-platform .NET Core, Microsoft will support Visual Basic in the upcoming .NET 5 and is expanding the programming language's supported application types to help VB developers migrate their code, but noted 'we do not plan to evolve Visual Basic as a language.'

visualstudiomagazine.com

"Going forward, we do not plan to evolve Visual Basic as a language," the .NET team said. "This supports language stability and maintains compatibility between the .NET Core and .NET Framework versions of Visual Basic. Future features of .NET Core that require language changes may not be supported in Visual Basic. Due to differences in the platform, there will be some differences between Visual Basic on .NET Framework and .NET Core."

 

[JohnC]

Wow was that article confusing!

 

[aeric]

I read this 2 days ago

Popularity Index: Classic Visual Basic Hangs In There -- Visual Studio Magazine

While the latest TIOBE Index of programming language popularity isn't earth-shaking -- focusing on an all-time high for statistical language R -- perhaps the the biggest surprise is this: Classic Visual Basic (VB6) is still in the top 20.

visualstudiomagazine.com