According to Spolsky, Wasabi is backwards compatible with VBScript, but "we like closures, active records, lambdas, embedded SQL a la LINQ, etc. etc. and so those are the kinds of features we put into Wasabi."<p>If they'd been working in vanilla VBScript in 2010, it'd be even more insane, and also, I think Joel would have some serious problems holding on to employees.<p><a href="http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2006/09/01b.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2006/09/01b.html</a>