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> So what happenened MS killed it in favour of a 'real' programming language. See eg http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/jj133828.aspx http://msdn.microso
by jamii 12y ago
> So what happenened
MS killed it in favour of a 'real' programming language. See eg http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/jj133828.aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/jj133828.aspx
> Looking at the prior art of tools that have succeeded at letting end-users build programs is probably a good bet
Indeed. We have a 50 odd page google doc full of exactly that :)
- jrochkind1 12y agoWhy do you think MS killed and stopped supporting such a successful project? (I am not being rhetorical or sarcastic!)
- jamii 12y agoThe article I linked explains it pretty well. A small but vocal minority of users wanted more power. MS gave it to them in VB.NET, and with that power came complexity. The huge majority of people who just wanted to do simple CRUD stuff stuck with VB6 (which is supported to this day).
- joshdance 12y agoLink to that google doc? Would love to read it.