Ars Technica

The future of Microsoft’s languages: C# to be powerful, Visual Basic friendly

Since their introduction in 2002, Microsoft’s pair of .NET programming languages, C# and Visual Basic.NET, have been close siblings. Although they look very different—one uses C-style braces, brackets ...
Ars Technica

Microsoft’s developer strategy: C# for fancy features, Visual Basic for beginners

Pretty much any time we're talking about Visual Basic, and especially when we're talking about it under an article about Microsoft shifting it into even more of a position as a "beginners' language", ...
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The secret story of the birth of 'Visual Basic' developed by Microsoft and boasting tremendous popularity for a while

The programming language `` Visual Basic '' developed by Microsoft was at the peak of popularity for a while, but at the time of writing the article, it has become an inconspicuous existence. About ...