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Visual Basic

Modern, high-level, multi-paradigm, general-purpose programming language for building apps using Visual Studio and the .NET Framework.

Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Visual Basic

Visual Basic
D (Programming Language) F# Go Programming Language Pike programming language Crystal (programming language) IronPython Squirrel (programming language) V (programming language) Jython Lua

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Visual Basic are D (Programming Language), F#, and Go Programming Language. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.
  1. D is a language with C-like syntax and static typing.
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    #Programming Language #OOP #Generic Programming Language 60 social mentions

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    F#

    F# is a mature, open source, cross-platform, functional-first programming language.
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    #Programming Language #OOP #Generic Programming Language 22 social mentions

  3. Go, also called golang, is a programming language initially developed at Google in 2007 by Robert...
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    #Programming Language #OOP #Generic Programming Language 345 social mentions

  4. Dynamic programming language with a syntax similar to Java and C
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    #Programming Language #OOP #Generic Programming Language 4 social mentions

  5. Programming language with Ruby-like syntax that compiles to efficient native code.
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    #Programming Language #OOP #Generic Programming Language 123 social mentions

  6. Development
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    #Programming Language #OOP #Generic Programming Language 18 social mentions

  7. Squirrel is a high level imperative, object-oriented programming language, designed to be a light-weight scripting language that fits in the size, memory bandwidth, and real-time requirements of applications like video games.
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    #Programming Language #OOP #Generic Programming Language 2 social mentions

  8. Simple, fast, safe, compiled language for developing maintainable software.
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    #Programming Language #OOP #Generic Programming Language 78 social mentions

  9. 9
    Jython, successor of JPython, is an implementation of the Python programming language written in...
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    #Programming Language #OOP #Generic Programming Language

  10. 10

    Lua

    Powerful, fast, lightweight, embeddable scripting language
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    #Programming Language #OOP #Generic Programming Language 23 social mentions

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    A programming language used to build massively scalable soft real-time systems with requirements on high availability
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    #Programming Language #OOP #Generic Programming Language 3 social mentions

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    Dynamic, functional language designed for building scalable and maintainable applications
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    #Programming Language #OOP #Generic Programming Language 93 social mentions

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