ZDNet: Microsoft: We won't evolve Visual Basic programming language but we'll open it to .NET 5
Microsoft has revealed it will support Visual Basic on .NET 5 but also that it has no plans to evolve the language. As Microsoft's .NET team notes, Visual Basic on .NET Core only supported Class ...
Microsoft: We won't evolve Visual Basic programming language but we'll open it to .NET 5
A survey of programmers using Microsoft's Visual Basic language finds that many are considering a move to more modern languages, like Java and C#. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green ...
Despite renewed developer hue and cry to do something with "classic" Visual Basic sparked by the recent 25th birthday celebration for the programming language, Microsoft is showing no signs of caving ...
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 ...
Automatic alignment of features between the two languages is coming to an end, and C# may see faster release cycles Developers using Microsoft’s C# and Visual Basic languages can expect to see more ...
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 ...
The future of Microsoft’s languages: C# to be powerful, Visual Basic friendly
Microsoft's own programmer community has launched a campaign of defiance over a decision to end support for Visual Basic. More than 100 Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) developers have ...