Microsoft has revealed it will support Visual Basic on .NET 5 but also that it has no plans to evolve the language.

Microsoft updated its programming languages strategy, confirming that Visual Basic will remain a going concern even though it's still relegated to second-rate status when compared to C# and F#.

The programming language `` Visual Basic '' developed by Microsoft was at the peak of popularity for a while, but at the time of writing the article, it has become an inconspicuous existence ...

In the December 2018 index, Visual Basic .Net now ranks fifth, the highest it's ever been since the company started tracking the Microsoft language in 2001.

Microsoft has open-sourced the 6502 BASIC programming language interpreter from 1976. Its source code is now available on ...

With the milestone .NET 5 and Visual Studio 2019 v16.8 releases now out, Microsoft is reminding Visual Basic coders that their favorite programming language enjoys full support and the troublesome ...

Microsoft is planning to phase out VBScript in future Windows releases after 30 years of use, making it an on-demand feature until it is removed. VBScript (also known as Visual Basic Script or ...

Also known as Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition, VBScript was mainly designed to provide developers and power users with capable means to take control of a Windows ...