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Visual Basic.NET Exceeded C# Popularity in TIOBE in July 2018

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  • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

    georani wrote:

    Visual Basic.NET is a great programming language

    Nothing which includes

    On Error Resume Next

    Can be described as great, or even as a programming language.

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    Matt McGuire
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    that was a hold over from VB6 days. when the first VB.net came out, it supported a upgrade wizard to moved VB6 to VB.Net. Way to many devs in VB6 relied on this because there was no structured error handling. They should drop support for some of the old baggage, but MS will likely keep it forever. C# was lucky as it was new and fresh and (mostly) had none of the burdens of an older sibling.

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    • R RandyBuchholz

      SuperBase! Way ahead of its time.

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      Mycroft Holmes
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      It really was, not many would remember it though. An example of a product destroyed by better marketing.

      Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH

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      • M Matt McGuire

        unfortunately there is a ton of old business apps out there with no plans to be completely rewritten. I personally know of a couple companies reliant on accounting software written (supported and still added to) all in VB6.

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        Mycroft Holmes
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        I know of 2 written by me :-O , they are so mature that they have not required support in years, I would have trouble supporting something so old.

        Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH

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          georani wrote:

          but more fun and readable to program with it.

          Nurse! Quick! Here we have another one that believes his own propaganda!

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          obermd
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          VB.Net is far more verbose than C#. This has the side effect of not hiding dotNet features such as event wireups. Granted, LINQ is easier and more concise in C# but for most features VB.Net is just as easy as C# to code.

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          • F Florian Rappl

            While there is certainly a valid point in your statement the overall outcome is utter bs (sorry). Tiobe is really a joke benchmark especially when compared to StackOverflow. Just compare the top spot: Java? JavaScript not even in top 5 (the most used PL running on essentially all devices and platforms)? As every of these benchmarks is a lie (strongly depending on the sources, custom metrics, and attitudes of the creators) a survey across *all* developers seems to be the most reliable indicator about the *popularity* of PL.

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            fatman45
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            Just because JavaScript is the most used doesn't mean it is popular. That's two different things. I've read many posts where people complain about JavaScript. That doesn't mean they aren't using it, though.

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            • F fatman45

              Just because JavaScript is the most used doesn't mean it is popular. That's two different things. I've read many posts where people complain about JavaScript. That doesn't mean they aren't using it, though.

              Da Bomb

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              Florian Rappl
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              Are we talking relative or absolute here? It makes a huge difference. Example: If, e.g., JS is used 10x as much as X and X is liked by 100% of its developers, while JS is only liked by 20% of their developers, its still twice as popular. Of course you are right, but JS *is* popular and *is* most used. There are only two kinds of programming languages: Those that aren't used and those that people complain about.

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              • G georani

                Visual Basic.NET is a great programming language, so powerful as C#, but more fun and readable to program with it. So finally after so many years VB.NET has surpassed C# in TIOBE Index (July 2018) See Picture Here (July 2018) www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/

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                maze3
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                interesting that the line over last 5 years for vb .net has been going up month after month. Are they teaching it in schools or something? Maybe like someone else mentioned, is it the old vb6 projects that over time being ported over to vb.net for newer servers with minimal reworking?

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                • G georani

                  Visual Basic.NET is a great programming language, so powerful as C#, but more fun and readable to program with it. So finally after so many years VB.NET has surpassed C# in TIOBE Index (July 2018) See Picture Here (July 2018) www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/

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                  Forogar
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                  In a recent survey amongst real programmers, C# was at number 1, Rexx was at #2, FORTRAN-77 was at #3 and JavaScript (with jQuery) came in at #4. VBx or VB.NET didn't even make the list.

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