Using VB for Artificial Intelligence

Question

Do you think VB is a good language for AI? I originally did AI using mainly Lisp and C/C++ when performance was needed, but recently have been doing some VB programming.

VB has the following advantages: 1. Good debugger (essential!) 2. Good inspector (watch facility) 3. Easy syntax (Intellisense comparable to structure editors of late 80's Lisp environments). 4. Easy to integrate with 3rd party software. 5. Compiles to fast code (CLR performance pretty good) 6. Fast development.

By the way, thanks for all the useful replies. I've upvoted everyone who contributed.

Answer 1

I would suggest you go with C# rather than VB.Net.

You get all the nice features that you discuss but a better (and more familiar) syntax.