About the difference between Visual Basic and Basic

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I was told that:

  

Visual Basic is the compiler ...

     

... and Basic is the language

After all, in visual studio, am I editing the Basic or Visual Basic language?

    
asked by anonymous 23.05.2015 / 06:31

1 answer

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Your assertion is correct according to wikipedia and tag wiki vb

Tag VB Wiki Text

  

Visual Basic (abbreviated as VB) is a programming language produced by the Microsoft company, and is an integral part of the Microsoft Visual Studio package. Its latest version is part of the Visual Studio .NET package, aimed at .Net applications. Its previous version was part of Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0, still widely used today by legacy applications ...

     

An improved BASIC, language is event driven, and it also has a fully integrated IDE (Integrated Development Environment), making it much easier to build the application interface (GUI - Graphical User Interface). The Visual Basic name is Derived from:

     

Basic - the programming language

     

Visual - the Package Name EX: Visual Studio (Visual C ++, Visual C #, Visual Basic .NET)

    
23.05.2015 / 14:15