The secret in making Visual Basic programs run faster lies in the advanced compiler settings.

Microsoft has released a Community Technology preview code-named Roslyn, that opens up its C# and Visual Basic compilers as APIs so developers can take advantage of the compiler's inner workings.

Issues cited with large projects Issues with use of Microsoft’s Visual Basic 2005 compiler in large projects have prompted the company to release a QFE (Quick Fix Engineering) update to address ...

Microsoft with its Roslyn .Net compiler project is getting ready to upgrade its C# and Visual Basic languages. Tough decisions have been made about the feature sets of the two languages, said Mads ...