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.

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A MySQL 4.1 function that was supposed to be there in MySQL 4.1.

Doesn't allow the limit subquery:

...NOT IN(SELECT date FROM shoutbox ORDER BY date DESC LIMIT 1)...

[JPicasso]

Case Insensitivity in VB.anything. C# is case SENSITIVE, although, the intellisense in VS2005 is still NOT case sensitive.
Very helpful

I hope they do away with case sensitivity everywhere.

getvalue = Getvalue = getValue = GetValue !!!!!

[sevenhalo]

Microsoft asked C# developers if they wanted case insensitivity. They said no (the pompous premadonnas). They're used to it and preffer it.

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Oh and my example may not be a programming language, but it ticked me right off!!

[The_Grudge]

I hate COBOL but there is one thing it does better than VB.

Rather than say

If strName = "David" or strName = "Peter" or strName = "John" Then

You could say something like

If strName = "David" or "Peter" or "John" Then

[thegreatone]

I hate COBOL but there is one thing it does better than VB.

Rather than say

If strName = "David" or strName = "Peter" or strName = "John" Then

You could say something like

If strName = "David" or "Peter" or "John" Then

Probably one of the only things that ticks me off about VB to be honest.

[wossname]

Stop whining about case sensitivity. It makes you sound like a complete beginner.

And please stop pretending that VB is useful for anything more than wasting clock cycles.