To add my opinion to this topic. I for one like VB. I have used VBScript, VB, VB6, VBA, and VB.Net. It is easy to use since it is more readable than C# and other cryptic type code. I don't think VB is going away any time soon and here is why. VBA which is a subset of VB is in many applications Excel, Visio, Access, AutoCAD, and many others just to name a few. I work with VBA more than any other language these days. I can learn another language if I choose to I just can't be an expert at every language so I choose VB as my language of choice. VB.Net can do what C# can do so it is a wash and just a preference. When VB dies that is when I will move to C# or the new language at that time. I suggest stop comparing languages and use the one that you like and can get the job done that you are coding. If C++ is better then use it, if F# is better than use it, pick the right tool for the job.

1.) I don't try and be an expert in every language so I picked one and VB was the one I chose. 2.) I can use VBA in many other applications like MS Excel, AutoCAD, and others with ease. 3.) I can use VBA in Automation HMI projects which is the standard and not C,C#, or other C types. 4.) It is quick to use since I am fluent in VB6, VB.NET, VBScript, VBA. 5.) I does what I need it to do why force myself to learn C# more than I know now I rather learn LISP if I have to work with parenthses and extra characters for line terminations and wrapping. I suggest everyone just pick a language and use it. If it doesn't accomplish what you want and C#, C++, HTML, JScript, Java, LISP, or any other language does then learn and use it. It's about the project not what language one uses.