Editing Visual Basic (.NET) (section)

=== 2010 (VB 10.0) ===
In April 2010, Microsoft released Visual Basic 2010. Microsoft had planned to use [[Dynamic Language Runtime]] (DLR) for that release<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.panopticoncentral.net/archive/2007/05/01/20383.aspx
| title = What the heck is "VBx"?
| date = May 1, 2007
| quote = ''With the new DLR, we have support for IronPython, IronRuby, Javascript, and the new dynamic VBx compile''
| access-date = August 12, 2009
| archive-date = May 25, 2009
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090525130300/http://panopticoncentral.net/archive/2007/05/01/20383.aspx
| url-status = dead
}}</ref> but shifted to a co-evolution strategy between Visual Basic and sister language C# to bring both languages into closer parity with one another. Visual Basic's innate ability to interact dynamically with CLR and COM objects has been enhanced to work with dynamic languages built on the DLR such as [[IronPython]] and [[IronRuby]].<ref>{{cite web
| url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/we86c8x2%28VS.100%29.aspx
| title=What is New in Visual Basic 2010
| year=2009
| publisher=[[Microsoft]]
| quote=''Visual Basic binds to objects from dynamic languages such as IronPython and IronRuby''
| access-date=August 12, 2009
| archive-date=August 4, 2009
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090804043607/http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/we86c8x2(VS.100).aspx
| url-status=live
}}</ref> The Visual Basic compiler was improved to infer line continuation in a set of common contexts, in many cases removing the need for the " _" line continuation characters. Also, existing support of inline Functions was complemented with support for inline Subs as well as multi-line versions of both Sub and Function lambdas.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vbasic/ee336123.aspx | title=What's New in Visual Basic 2010 | year=2010 | publisher=Microsoft | access-date=August 1, 2010 | archive-date=July 26, 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100726161130/http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vbasic/ee336123.aspx | url-status=live }}</ref>