VB does support Pointers to a limited affect.

For example it supports pointers in all API calls
(some people say it doesn't, but it does, just some API calls need you to be in process, which means you need to write a VB DLL, and Hook it into the process, which can be done)

Direct Memory access per application can be gotten as shown here, its harder to do in C++ aswell.

A tit-bit for you, by defualt all VB functions pass variables using pointers, you just don't get to access them directly.

ReadProcessMemory will work on the VB programs Process aswell.

CopyMemory has alot of power also.

VB is a VERY powerful programming Lanauage, in a few lines you can do alot more than in C++

It is Faster to Develop In aswell.

There are Speed issues, but they are very small in VB6, but most people still think of VB's Speed in terms of VB5 and below.


As for the Hacking Issue, you clearly have no idea what a hacker is. I am a hacker, despite that everything i do is legal. A hacker is a Generic Term for a Computer User who goes beyond normal programming, 'Hacking the Computer/program Directly' the term Hacker comes from ' Hacking away at a Computer Keyboard' and has nothing to do with breaking into systems.