The TIOBE index report on programming language popularity each month picks one language for special attention, which in the December edition is Visual Basic.NET because it reached an all-time high.

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Visual Basic .Net might not be the coolest programming language to know, but it remains popular and has now reached its highest position on the Tiobe index of top programming languages.

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A third option is to write the program in VB.net as a standalone application, with a spreadsheet storing results (allowing some continuity with the current system).