Lambda the Ultimate

Visual Basic is a general-purpose programming language that prioritizes ease of use. In particular, Visual Basic is designed with the following principles in mind...

The principles are enumerated here.

Yet another one of those "language philosophy" kind of things. While the list isn't surprising, I think it's good to try to be explicit about these things. This allows you to reflect on them, and allows others to criticize both the choice of principles and the way they are manifested in the language...