| Platform Dependence | VB.NET is platform-independent. | VB is platform dependent. |
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| Backwards Compatibility | VB.NET is not backwards compatible. | VB is backwards compatible. |
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| COMPILED or Interpreted | VB.NET is a compiled language. | VB is an interpreted language. |
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| EXCEPTION Handling | In VB.NET, we can perform Exception Handling USING the ‘Try….Catch’
STATEMENTS. | In VB, we can perform Exception Handling using the ‘On Error…..Goto’ statements. |
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| Development of Multithreaded Applications | It is possible to develop multi-threaded applications using VB.NET. | It is not possible to develop multi-threaded applications using VB. |
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