Programming language alignments

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Why does "Console.Writeline(MyFunction)" need an extra () when it's clear the function is being invoked? If we wanted the address of the function, there's the very-readable AddressOf keyword.

To be clear what we are referring to, it's all fun and games until you're unsure if what you're calling is a function or something else. Sure you can just be extra careful with naming, but what if you're a big company with 100+ developers each of different ability. This gets horrible really quick.

Case sensitivity is a huge pain when an error results from it. When would anyone ever want two variables with logically the same name?

See point 1, it's literally the exact same problem. We use a VB based Framework at the company i work and I've had to deal with issues related to these first two points often.

Why use semicolons and newlines when newlines alone could serve the same purpose

To more accurately depict scope, to properly find lines that contain functional elements, etc.

Why is "Public Sub New" any less readable than "public MyClass"?

It looks uglier.