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

Do you think VB is high on the list because of?

  • The coding field still has a lot of 50+ y/o programmers who were raised on VB

    Votes: 5 62.5%

  • They are actively teaching VB in schools

    Votes: 2 25.0%

  • Product Managers are requesting VB to be used in projects

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Other reason

    Votes: 3 37.5%
  • Total voters
    8

JohnC

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EnriqueGonzalez

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JohnC said:
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
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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

 

JohnC

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Wow was that article confusing!
 

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