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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. christophilus · · focus · HN ↗
      It’s been 2nd class for a long time, but I loved it back in the early 2000s.
      1. FranOntanaya · · focus · HN ↗
        You really felt productive doing anything with Visual Basic 6, at least until things slowed to a crawl because it wasn't so performant or it was held back by the typical Access database. You didn't need 200 hours of YouTube tutorials about the front-ed UI framework du jour to get going.
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