Microsoft plots the end of Visual Basic
I loved VB6.  Of all the languages and IDE's I've ever used, I've never been more efficient in any other one.As long as MS doesn't break my workarounds to run that old IDE or its EXE's, I'm happy.  VB.NET was a great stepping stone, but after switching to C# I never looked back.  The only thing I miss is global functions that don't need a class qualifier in front of them.  And I still find the Edit-and-Continue debugging experience in C# hit-or-miss.