By comparison, C# has a more mathematical and scientific expression of ... Still, he worries that dev shops may abandon their Visual Basic code base as a result of perceived slights. "The question is, ...

The switch to .NET as the foundation for Microsoft’s development strategy made sense for new languages like C#, but it meant changes to Visual Basic wherein code couldn’t easily migrate from ...

Automatic alignment of features between the two languages is coming to an end, and C# may see faster release cycles Developers using Microsoft’s C# and Visual Basic languages can expect to see ...

Since their introduction in 2002, Microsoft's pair of .NET programming languages, C# and Visual Basic.NET, have been close siblings. Although they look very different—one uses C-style braces ...

LOS ANGELES — While competitors are coming up with new, “modern” programming languages, Microsoft continues to evolve its tried and true languages such as Visual Basic and C#, with new ...

When Microsoft announced its new strategy for Visual Basic .Net, it noted that "hundreds of thousands" of people used it, compared with the "millions" who use C#. The company's plan was to lead ...

"By providing a new version of a COM-based Visual Basic within the Visual Studio IDE, Microsoft will help maintain the value of its clients' existing code ... C++ alongside C#, the language's ...

The C# and Visual Basic code editors now use the open source Roslyn ... $5,999 with a $2,569 renewal, as compared to $13,299 and a $4,249 renewal.

At the time, Wiltamuth wrote, Microsoft wanted Visual Basic .NET to appeal to Visual Basic 6 developers focused on business- and data-centric applications, while C# targeted Java and C++ developers ...