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C# included extension methods and, as VB did not, the syntax changes for LINQ looked significantly different in the two languages," says Vogel. He notes that this code is fine in Visual Basic: Dim r = ...

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 ...