A Microsoft director explains why it's finally ending language updates for Visual Basic, a programming language launched in 1991 that 700,000 developers still rely on every month

Microsoft's Visual Basic was named the "Most Dreaded" programming language for three years in a row by the Stack Overflow Developer Survey.
Visual Studio Magazine

Readers Weigh in: VB Is Least Among Equals

I agree with Patrick Meader's statements about VB being the least among equals ("Least Among Equals," April 2008). I've taken surveys from Microsoft, and I often find myself complaining in my comments ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Is VB the Least Among Equals?

Pop quiz: What do ASP.NET (read: C#), Java, Perl, PHP, Python, and Ruby have in common? The answer: Microsoft's Windows Live team recently posted its Live ID Web Authentication software development ...