I also remember my dismissive high school analysis of VB and wouldn't mind an opportunity to slap my younger self for blind dogmatism. However, I also remember

I also remember my dismissive high school analysis of VB and wouldn't mind an opportunity to slap my younger self for blind dogmatism. However, I also remember that the fight was a two way street. My high school had classes in both VB and C++ and there were multiple calls from the local business community to cancel the C++ class. There was no reason to teach a dead language when knowledge of VB was enough for a lifetime career. Especially with the emerging web, where companies would need a ready supply of VB script developers and ActiveX control creators for their sites (JavaScript would be deprecated once the last five people using Netscape came to their senses).