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 ...

Code Compare decides to bring this feature to the forefront and make it easy to use at the same time. The tool can recognize popular languages such as C#, C++, Visual Basic, JavaScript ...

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 ...

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 ...