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Something Pretty Right: The History and Legacy of Visual Basic
How Visual Basic became the world’s most dominant programming environment, its sudden fall from grace, and why its influence is still shaping the future of software development.
- Points
- 443
- HN comments
- 388
- Submissions
- 2
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- 5 commenters
History & Retro ComputingSoftware Engineering2023
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 2023 | Something Pretty Right: The History and Legacy of Visual Basic by panic | 443 | 259 |
| May 10, 2025 | The History and Legacy of Visual Basic by ibobev | 139 | 129 |
Cited in comments
Linked from 10 Hacker News comments by 5 different people, from Sep 2023 to May 2026.
Most recent:
- canucker2016 · May 2, 2026
- keeda · Dec 2, 2025
- canucker2016 · Jun 8, 2025
- Stratoscope · Nov 15, 2024
- Stratoscope · Mar 2, 2024
- RyLuke · Dec 15, 2023
