"The hatred against Microsoft, starting with the letter to hobbyists in 1976, fueled by Dijkstra, Wulf, Papert, and so many others, naturally spread to BASIC. If you read carefully, the “13 ways to loathe VB” penned by Verity Stob are directed more to Microsoft than to the language itself:
> 13. Bill is making even more money out of this. And I am powerless to stop him. In fact, I am helping him.
Of course, abominations such as On Error Resume Next did not help."
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