Visual Basic

A good friend of mine loves preaching to me that VB is the best language out there. I have just begun my programming career, so I'm not experienced enough to argue with him on the subject. All I have done so far is learned some C in a few of my college classes. What do you all think about VB? If you hate it, give me some arguments to throw at him so I can be ready next time he brings it up.

VB is a third rate 90s scripting language, the PHP of application programming. I guess it's the best thing in the world if your only other option is eating sand. VB.NET is not exactly the same as the old VB; VB.NET is basically C# with a dumber syntax, and C# is actually not that bad. I still wouldn't feed my dog with it.