Optimization rules have changed under VB.NET-here are eight great new ways to build wicked-fast code.

Optimization rules have changed under VB.NET-here are eight great new ways to build wicked-fast code.

The TIOBE index report on programming language popularity each month picks one language for special attention, which in the December edition is Visual Basic.NET because it reached an all-time high.

Microsoft's oft-maligned Visual Basic .NET programming language was the big mover in the December TIOBE Programming Community index, which gauges programming language popularity. In fact, VB.NET was ...