Panel: Developers moving to VB.Net for projects using XML (Lisa Feigenbaum)

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# Paul Mooney said on November 25, 2008 7:32 PM:

C# developers moving to VB.Net for projects using XMLVisual Basic 9.0 introduces a feature called XML...

# int19h said on November 26, 2008 3:03 AM:

While this makes sense, I still prefer C# terse syntax and extra features (such as iterators) any day. But I would really like it if I could use VB as a DSL specifically to write XML query/manipulation code. It is unfortunate that Visual Studio does not properly support the multi-language assembly scenario, even though the underlying tools are all there (compile to .netmodule & use al.exe, which is even supported by MSBuild via <AddModules> - but VS doesn't understand this for Intellisense and error highlighting purposes). Is there any chance that this will change in VS10?

# mepe said on December 12, 2008 8:22 PM:

C# 4.0 will include VB language features. It is an action by Microsoft to encourage moving to C#.

# VBTeam said on December 12, 2008 8:47 PM:

VB 10 will also include C# language features. :)

We are equally pushing both VB and C#, not one over the other. The effort you are seeing is about making sure the same power is available in both.

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