[Semi OT] The programming language wars

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On Friday, 20 March 2015 at 07:37:04 UTC, Paulo  Pinto wrote:
> An example that stuck with me was that languages that follow 
> Algol/Pascal syntax lead themselves to less bugs, than those 
> that follow C like syntax.
>
> There are quite a few other examples. Also the mention that as 
> far as the researcher is aware, only Microsoft is pursuing such 
> studies for language features. Don Syme is in the audience and 
> gives an example how they did it for .NET generics.

Anything wrong with VB.NET?