-> In this respect, VB is more like the older, traditional forms of Basic
-> customarily discussed in this newsgroup.

Talking about older BASICs, I have made an observation...

A while ago, I posted here a QBasic program I had written that
calculates the position of the sun in the sky as seen from anywhere on
Earth at any time on any date, and also the required alignment of a
mirror if it is to reflect sunlight in any desired direction. I also
posted (and several people here tested for me) a "dumbed-down" version
that would run in ancient BASICs such as GW-BASIC, and also in some
recent implementations that are compatible with old BASICs. This
version of the program even has line numbers!

I also posted the same two versions on a couple of websites that are
concerned with solar energy. These sites keep count of the number of
times each posting is accessed, so I can see how many times each of the
two versions has been read. Possibly, some of these times, the program
has been copied and maybe put to use.