Sorry, no, my intended tone was that sneering at VB14 (VB.NET 2015 edition) today was elitism. VB14 is a good language on equal footing with its peers, but there seems to be a lot of antagonism to it simply because it still tries to be new programmer friendly-ish.

(I agree that VB6 is a relic of the past that is no longer a viable programming platform.)