Recommend me a language

I used VB 6 a while ago before I started learning some real languages. However, I still can't get over how much easier it was to make GUI applications in VB, despite how much the language itself sucked. Window toolkits for other languages are horrible to use and rarely come with a real visual editor - Tk sucks ass, Swing sucks ass, win32 API in C is either a pain in the ass or I can't figure out a good way to do it...

I haven't tried MFC or any .NET shit yet. How the hell do people write real Windows apps? Should I try something else?

All toolkits suck. If you want to program guis without getting the urge to rip your guts out you want a visual editor. GNUStep has recently released Gorm, which fits the bill.

Nobody writes desktop apps anymore anyway, it's more fun to write web apps - not least because you get a decent language specifically for writing guis (HTML + CSS in case you didn't figure it out). Hopefully one day the desktop will become completely irrelevant and no one will have to worry about shitty shitty toolkits anymore.