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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 ...

Visual Basic .Net might not be the coolest programming language to know, but it remains popular and has now reached its highest position on the Tiobe index of top programming languages. In the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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In order to be a proficient developer in any language, one must understand the language being developed in. Despite this rather obvious statement, how many have ever looked at the Visual Basic ...

More than 100 influential developers using Microsoft products have signed a petition demanding the software company reconsider plans to end support for Visual Basic in its "classic" form. The ...