Fundamental Changes to Visual Basic
The Visual Basic .NET language isn't a simple upgrade from previous versions of the Visual Basic language. Rather, it's an entirely new language that's been designed from the ground up to accommodate the new programming model and the new type system of the .NET Framework. While the creators of Visual Basic .NET did their best to make this new language as familiar as possible to experienced Visual Basic developers, you should expect many things to be different.
The fact that Visual Basic .NET is so different presents you with an obvious challenge. It will definitely take time to master all of the language's new features. In fact, it will take the next seven chapters of this book just to cover the advancements ...
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