What programming language is Visual Basic based on?

Is there a core language that the VB language is run in?

What programming language is Visual Basic based on?
Visual Basic (VB) is it's own language. In fact it is the only language that Microsoft owns. C, and all of its derivatives, is a standard, with compilers created by Borland, Microsoft and others. It is loosely based on Quick Basic, but it's major claim to fame(RAD development, speed to market) is a major extension on that original specification.





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Reply:It's based on Basic, which is the non-visual form of visual basic, hence the name, although I find visual basic easier to program than the original basic
Reply:Visual Basic is unofficially derived from Delphi and Visual DialogScript... Mircrosoft would never admit stealing ideas though.





The syntax and structuring of programs in BASIC is alot different to the syntax in VB so comparing VB to BASIC is like comparing C to VB, they are two completely different languages.
Reply:Visual Basic is based on BASIC.
Reply:It derives from the older QBasic language, which is derived from the BASIC programming language. It adds the GUI design capabilities to the Basic language.





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