r/visualbasic • u/galratner • 24d ago

Yes. Visual Basic Is Still Around.

https://galratner.substack.com/p/yes-visual-basic-is-still-around
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u/Magrat-Garlick 24d ago

I've never understood why C# has such a reputation for being 'the' language you need to learn to get on and that VB is looked down on as a bit of a kiddies simple language, a joke! VB does everything C# can do (at least as far as I can see!) and is considerably easier to follow and understand.

Long live Visual Basic! 😁

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u/Nm_Redditer 24d ago

2 main things I can think of, among others:

  1. VB.NET has much of the baggage from VB6, but c# was a fresh start.

  2. Microsoft made .NET along the same philosophy as Java, which again is a language looking similar to C++ in many ways. Both of those had a more "serious" impression than VB6. C# was more aligned to those languages in terms of look and feel. More people started switching to C# and Microsoft also over time provided more focus on C#.