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Re:Ask HN: What is your favourite programming language? Why? by ocdtrekkie on Thursday March 15, 2018 @10:23PM (#16598117)
Let me earn myself a -4. I do my hobby code in VB .NET. VB6 was the first thing I learned, and whether I'm doing C++, C#, or PHP, whatever else I've ever used, I'm usually translating in my head what I want to do... from VB.

So I've ended up back at VB after several years in other languages because it cuts out the cognitive load.

Re:Ask HN: What is your favourite programming language? Why? by ggm on Thursday March 15, 2018 @10:46PM (#16598198)
It has a good ide.
Re:Ask HN: What is your favourite programming language? Why? by shmooth on Friday March 16, 2018 @05:18AM (#16599478)
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