Ars Technica

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

I suppose that's true, and I probably should have been more explicit. Pretty much any time we're talking about Visual Basic, and especially when we're talking about it under an article about Microsoft ...
Ars Technica

Microsoft’s developer strategy: C# for fancy features, Visual Basic for beginners | Page 5 | Ars OpenForum

99.9% is too generous. It's more like 99.999%. And the times when people think "If only I could compile this to native code, my problems would be solved!" can usually be solved with better algorithms ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Microsoft Reaffirms Fate of Visual Basic

Microsoft updated its programming languages strategy, confirming that Visual Basic will remain a going concern even though it's still relegated to second-rate status when compared to C# and F#. The ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft to kill off VBScript in Windows to block malware delivery

Microsoft is planning to phase out VBScript in future Windows releases after 30 years of use, making it an on-demand feature until it is removed. VBScript (also known as Visual Basic Script or ...