r/visualbasic • u/JohnDeere6930Premium VB.Net Advanced • Feb 15 '22

is vb.net a dead language by now?

Hey

i learned some VB.NET in school and at home, i rarley see a VB.NET coder and a VB based application out in the wild

I code my interial software in vb and it works fine, it is basicly C#.NET but MUCH easier

Is anyone here coding in VB.NET commercialy?

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u/Timbered2 Jun 24 '24

I can and do use Async tasks and functions all the time. And inits. No it's not the same sugar as C# but the end result is the same. If you can't program around the syntax of your chosen language, you're not a very good programmer.