Last month, Microsoft announced that it would stop adding new language features to Visual Basic, a programming language first shipped in 1991 as one of the tech titan's first major efforts in making ...

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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 ...

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The TIOBE index report on programming language popularity each month picks one language for special attention, which in the December edition is Visual Basic.NET because it reached an all-time high.

And C# programmers are as happy as a kid with the newest toy on the block, mostly because they have the newest toy on the block. This is how things stand these days, midway through the "Everett" age. ...

More than 100 Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) developers have signed a petition demanding the software company reconsider plans to end support for Visual Basic in its "classic" form.

Gentlemen,<P>DISCLAIMER 1: I am <B>NOT</B> asking for someone to do my homework!<BR>DISCLAIMER 2: If this isn't the appropriate forum, tell me GENTLY!<P>I am writing a term paper (BSc Comp Sci) doing ...