Optimise Visual Basic compiler Written by Peter Aitken, Contributor April 27, 2004 at 8:31 p.m. PT Most programmers compile their VB programs using the default advanced compiler settings.

Issues with use of Microsoft’s Visual Basic 2005 compiler in large projects have prompted the company to release a QFE (Quick Fix Engineering) update to address major problems. The compiler was ...

While competitors are coming up with new, "modern" programming languages, Microsoft continues to evolve its tried and true languages such as Visual Basic and C#, with new features -- including ...

Microsoft, which has been pursuing concurrent improvements for its Visual Basic and C# programming languages, plans to open up compilers for the languages and add capabilities for asynchronous ...

The Mono Project says its Visual Basic compiler will enable developers who use Microsoft Visual Basic to run their applications on any platform that supports Mono, such as Linux, without code ...

A version of BASIC from Microsoft specialized for Windows. A subset of Visual Basic provides a macro language for Microsoft applications (see VBA). When released in 1991, Visual Basic (VB) was ...

Visual Studio "14" CTP incorporates much of the functionality introduced at April's Build conference, starting with the .NET Compiler Platform, formerly codenamed "Roslyn." Roslyn, which was ...

Most compilers currently are black boxes--they make the source code into object files or assemblies in a sort of "code goes in, executable comes out" fashion. The purpose of “Roslyn Project” from ...

Because you'll want to do as much of your development in Visual Basic 2010 as you can, you can target an older runtime in Visual Studio by going to your Project, right-clicking and then selecting ...

Since their introduction in 2002, Microsoft's pair of .NET programming languages, C# and Visual Basic.NET, have been close siblings. Although they look very different—one uses C-style braces ...

Issues with use of Microsoft's Visual Basic 2005 compiler in large projects have prompted the company to release a QFE (Quick Fix Engineering) update to address major problems. The compiler was ...