Quote Originally Posted by Tanner_H View Post
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I see VB.Net and VB6 in pretty much the same light: not recommended for newcomers, and useful only to people who are maintaining existing codebases or who have extremely specific use-cases. This is what makes disagreements between the two groups ironic, IMO.
I see you are trying to dump these 'groups' together: they are very different people. Those who can adapt, and those that can't. If and when .NET comes to an end, the VB.NET people will migrate to whatever is next; this is the differential. The only commonality is syntax.