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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. dalemhurley · · focus · HN ↗
      So much easier then JavaScript/typescript, Python, and many other languages.
      1. pjmlp · · focus · HN ↗
        And designed to be compiled from the start, the interpreters in 8 bit home computers were due to hardware limitations, after the 16 bit transition compilers were back in.
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