In the beginning, many VB devs were irritated, because VB.NET 1.0 was mostly C# with VB syntax, however eventually Microsoft added back many of the previous capabilities, like the Me object, REPL, and so on.
However nowadays the language is considered done, and they are only updating it to keep up with specific .NET features for interop with C#.
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Never tried it, does VB.NET give the same instant familiarity allowing you to whip up tiny GUI apps quickly and without hassle?
Yes, with Windows Forms.
In the beginning, many VB devs were irritated, because VB.NET 1.0 was mostly C# with VB syntax, however eventually Microsoft added back many of the previous capabilities, like the Me object, REPL, and so on.
However nowadays the language is considered done, and they are only updating it to keep up with specific .NET features for interop with C#.