If they kill it then in a few years time old programmer Goats like me who have tons of years experience with older languages/technologies will be making bank like the Cobol guys did with Y2K. I haven't seriously programmed in any version of VB in many years but I know I could get right back into it if the gig and money are right. This could be a lucrative move for us old guys.
Is it the beginning of the end for Visual Basic? Microsoft to focus on 'core scenarios' • The Register
'Visual Basic evolved with Windows, acquiring a 32-bit compiler and an option for compiling native executables, until the release of Visual Basic 6.0 in 1998. ', "Microsoft co-founders Bill Gates and Paul Allen implemented BASIC for the MITS Altair in 1974, and Microsoft Basic was the company's first product."
'Without the BASIC language, Microsoft might not exist. '
'Torgersen outlines the strategy for the three pure .NET languages, C#, VB, and F#. '
'The truth, though, is that curly brace languages have won, when you consider the family of C, C++, Java and JavaScript. '
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1 u/AnthraxAlex 02 Feb 2017 18:56
Rejoice!!
1 u/Schrodingers_Spy 02 Feb 2017 19:10
I thought VB was already dead? I still get a ton of use out of VBA though for excel-related projects.
1 u/Guyven 02 Feb 2017 19:16
I love that they're talking up F# in the same announcement. I recently discovered that language and am greatly enjoying it.
1 u/Morbo 02 Feb 2017 20:04
If they kill it then in a few years time old programmer Goats like me who have tons of years experience with older languages/technologies will be making bank like the Cobol guys did with Y2K. I haven't seriously programmed in any version of VB in many years but I know I could get right back into it if the gig and money are right. This could be a lucrative move for us old guys.
0 u/derram 02 Feb 2017 19:18
https://archive.is/dfOw7 | https://vgy.me/cMQVmk.png :
'Visual Basic evolved with Windows, acquiring a 32-bit compiler and an option for compiling native executables, until the release of Visual Basic 6.0 in 1998. ', "Microsoft co-founders Bill Gates and Paul Allen implemented BASIC for the MITS Altair in 1974, and Microsoft Basic was the company's first product."
'Without the BASIC language, Microsoft might not exist. '
'Torgersen outlines the strategy for the three pure .NET languages, C#, VB, and F#. '
'The truth, though, is that curly brace languages have won, when you consider the family of C, C++, Java and JavaScript. '
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0 u/Atarian 02 Feb 2017 22:54
Kill it with fire.