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GeneralRe: Visual Basic.NET Exceeded C# Popularity in TIOBE in July 2018 Pin
Mycroft Holmes20-Jul-18 13:57
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georani20-Jul-18 17:29
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Mycroft Holmes20-Jul-18 19:07
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GeneralRe: Visual Basic.NET Exceeded C# Popularity in TIOBE in July 2018 Pin
Mycroft Holmes23-Jul-18 13:22
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Mycroft Holmes23-Jul-18 1:29
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BryanFazekas23-Jul-18 2:07
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Mycroft Holmes wrote:
There was a sh*t load of applications written in it, it would be interesting if the surveys identified the volume of app support, the majority I suspect.
That's my guess as well.

Mycroft Holmes wrote:
No matter how you look at it, classic VB is no longer supported and has not been for many years. Anyone STARTING a new project in it is nuts.
I agree on both points. But that's not my point -- which is the fact that a language that has been unsupported as a stand-alone product for 15+ years still ranks. I spotted VB on several lists a number of years back and was surprised -- I hadn't done VB6 since 2002-ish and assumed it was long since dead.

Although VB is still supported. It's the macro language behind MS Office. My normal.dotm contains macros I wrote in Word 97. Still running as originally written, still useful today.

Mycroft Holmes wrote:
I think "well" is a bit of a stretch, even alive is only because some legacy systems are just to expensive to replace.
I know a number of guys who make very good rates doing COBOL. Sure, it's not used for much new development, but a kid coming out of school today could make a career of COBOL. [I'm not recommending that; simply pointing out an option.]

Every negative point in this entire topic is irrelevant if folks are making a living from a language. Poke tongue | ;-P
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