Because logical syntax rules () and {} and "END LOOP" is whack. Just kidding but I love my C influenced syntax, and find other forms of syntax lacking or silly. And VB will never live down it's pre .Net bad image, like it or not. Anybody that claims one language is better than another within .Net does not understand how .Net works or what it really is. All languages are equal, it's just syntaxical sugar on what language you choose.