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VB.NET Maintenance

VB.NET
KindProgramming language
Appeared2002
StatusMaintenance
CreatorMicrosoft
FamilyBASIC
Sourcelearn.microsoft.com ↗

Visual Basic rebuilt on the CLR — kept the syntax, changed the soul; still shipped and still frozen, as Microsoft quietly prefers C#.

Descended from Visual Basic
Predecessors Visual Basic

VB.NET (2001) — Microsoft's VB on the CLR — kept BASIC syntax and gained the framework: real classes, exceptions, and parity with C#.\n\nIt is VB's official continuation but never the classic VB's heir in spirit; still maintained in .NET.

Sources

  1. learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/visual-basic/
  2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_Basic_(.NET)