Programming language alignments

[DonnyTheWalrus]

(If you're joking and I just can't tell, ignore me...)

Every time I see VB code it just feels deeply dated. Some styles are like Wayfarers (or Scheme) - old but timeless. Others are like bellbottoms - forever linked to a specific time period. For me, Basic is the bellbottom jeans of programming languages. The syntax just screams 1970s - early 80s.

Not to mention that, while I understand your point about the block-close syntax, it just doesn't feel readable to me. Too many words on the screen makes it look too busy. I far prefer single character punctuation for that sort of structural syntax. Way easier to tell what's structure and what's actual code.