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Re:The .NET Language Strategy by cm2187 on Wednesday February 01, 2017 @06:09PM (#13546366)
Seconded. Though I don't really understand what is their message on VB in plain english. They will continue supporting it but won't be adding new features like they do in C#? Am I right to read it this way?
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Re:The .NET Language Strategy by ctolkien on Thursday February 02, 2017 @01:16AM (#13548521)
I read it as "we will be adding features that make sense for VB (which might also make sense for C#), rather than keeping it in sync with C#".

Allowing it to evolve on it's own, rather than being C#'s ugly little brother.

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Re:The .NET Language Strategy by flukus on Thursday February 02, 2017 @01:23AM (#13548554)
That risks libraries becoming incompatible. 99% of the top libraries are in c#.
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Re:The .NET Language Strategy by svick on Thursday February 02, 2017 @12:30PM (#13552392)
That's explicitly called out in the article: they will make sure libraries written in new versions of C# can be used easily in new versions of VB.
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