Which Programming features from other Languages do you miss most?

[Torc]

One feature that I miss was being able to declare variables and types in between procedures in Modula-2

It meant I could declare a number of records and have the procedures to Blank them together.

If I try this in VBA then I get a Compile Error.

Public Type TDates
    EffectiveDate as Date
    RevisionDate as Date
End Type
 
Sub BlankTDates(ByRef TOD as TDates)
    TOD.EffectiveDate = #1/1/1900#
    TOD.RevisionDate = #1/1/1900#
End Sub
 
Public Type TPerson
    Name as string
    BirthDay as date
    Phone as String
End Type
 
Sub BlankTPerson (ByRef TP as TPerson)
    TP.Name = ""
    TP.BirthDay = #1/1/1900#
    TP.Phone = ""
End Sub

So what feature do you miss most, and what language is it from.

Edit : Almost forgot , please give a simple example.