Visual Basic, once the dominant Windows development tool that powered two‑thirds of commercial apps and attracted millions of developers, rose from Alan Cooper’s drag‑and‑drop prototype to a cultural cornerstone, only to decline after Microsoft’s shift to .NET, leaving a lasting legacy in software history.
The article examines why several once‑popular programming languages—including Ruby, Visual Basic, Haskell, Perl, and Objective‑C—are losing relevance due to performance, ecosystem shifts, and lack of innovation, and predicts they may fade away in the coming two decades.
This article explores how RAD Basic aims to provide a 100% compatible, open‑source replacement for the abandoned Visual Basic 6, detailing its origins, current status, new features, goals, and how it compares to other VB‑compatible projects.
The article analyzes five once‑popular programming languages—Ruby, Visual Basic, Haskell, Perl, and Objective‑C—explaining why their performance, ecosystem support, and community interest are declining and why they could disappear unless revitalized by strong developer investment.
The article examines why Ruby, Visual Basic, Haskell, Perl, and Objective‑C are losing popularity and argues that without community and vendor support these languages may fade away over the next two decades, while newer languages continue to dominate development.
Microsoft announced that Visual Basic will no longer receive new features after .NET 5, focusing only on stability and compatibility, and urges developers to migrate their VB code to .NET Core while still supporting classic .NET for legacy scenarios.
