Well I haven't really tried it, just given the IDE a once-over and read some of the VB->RB porting documentation on their website. It seems to have some nice coding features that VB doesn't have, such as the ability to make subs and functions with the same name... (yay )... but on the whole it didn't give me the impression of a powerful language at all. In fact its IDE makes it seem like a simple scripting language, which I'm sure isn't really the case.

I like the boat we're in but I'm sure there are ones that can sail through deeper waters