Why is Visual Basic used?

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Published on 2010-05-22T06:16:20Z Indexed on 2010/05/22 6:20 UTC
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I don't mean to start a holy war here, but I cannot fathom why would anybody use Visual Basic for a new project.

Can you explain me why is it used? What new applications (which a lay person may be familiar with) have been developed in it? Why is it chosen over other languages?

Thanks.

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