Visual Basic (VB) Is Not Dead: Coming Language Features in Visual Basic 14!

Microsoft skips to naming the next version of Visual Basic, and commits to new language developments that are planned for release at the same time as the release of Visual Studio 15.

http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2014/12/16/visual-basic-14-preview.aspx

http://www.classicvb.org/petition/

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