There was a time when anyone could try programming, thanks to the ubiquity of Basic. But Basic's a nonstarter these days, so what will entice a new generation?

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Visual Basic .Net might not be the coolest programming language to know, but it remains popular and has now reached its highest position on the Tiobe index of top programming languages.

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Visual Basic is relatively easy to learn, offers easy integration with Access databases, and is used in development of GUIs, he said. “There are indeed still developers using Visual Basic ...

RemObjects has debuted the Mercury programming language, described as a modern Visual Basic 'with a future' for all platforms.