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[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (3 children)

You should see what Visual Basic used to do to people.

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[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 1 point 1 month ago (1 child)

I know VB from my early days as something like Mikrosofts take on Python. But not 99% sure anymore.

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[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Eh, it was just BASIC combined with the best (by far) visual forms editor available at the time.

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[–] takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 1 month ago

VB was probably triggering domestic disputes.

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