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  1. qingcharles · · focus · HN ↗
    I was writing BASIC code for everything until a few years ago -- VB.NET -- until it was really clear that it had become a totally second-class citizen and I switched to C#.

    I still think VB.NET is vastly more readable than C/C#/Java etc.

    1. kothurn-utopie2 · · focus · HN ↗
      "Visual Basic" is still actively developed, although not by Microsoft.

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      1. avadodin · · focus · HN ↗
        Ah. A VB.NET clone.

        The real Visual Basic not by Microsoft is TwinBASIC(closed source).

      2. [deleted] · · focus · HN ↗

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