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by ctolkien 3430 days ago
I read it as "we will be adding features that make sense for VB (which might also make sense for C#), rather than keeping it in sync with C#".

Allowing it to evolve on it's own, rather than being C#'s ugly little brother.
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flukus 3430 days ago
That risks libraries becoming incompatible. 99% of the top libraries are in c#.
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svick 3430 days ago
That's explicitly called out in the article: they will make sure libraries written in new versions of C# can be used easily in new versions of VB.
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