Yeah, Visual Basic is a breeze. I know C++ is more powerful, but for small, quick Windows apps, I think there's nothing like Visual Studio 2005. I absolutely love it. I'm a VB6 user migrating from Visual Studio 6, and boy are there nice new features! It makes placing controls and such on your form very quick (and it looks nice, too!), so you can concentrate on the code.
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