VB.NET 2005 Whideby Beta - Is VB going backwards?

[slugs.bizhat.com]

Having had the whideby beta for a few weeks, all i can say is where have all the advances in the language gone from .net 1.0 and 1.1 ?
Users no longer have to create instances of form classes and can go back to form.show()

Surely this doesn't help anyone going to vb as a precursor to a proper language...

[zerodog.bizhat.com]

I prefer programming languages that don't require massive runtime libraries... and that compile right into assembly code. If you're looking for a quality programming language that fits these qualifications (as well as many other features) then you might want to have a look at IBasic by http://www.pyxia.com ... I've been using it for quite a bit now, and I'll never look back. It's quicker, simpler, compiles quite tightly, and can do anything that you can do in any other programming language, plus it has many features absent in other langages, such as inline asssembly and a selective linker, so only whats needed is compiled.... And it doesn't require any 30mb runtime libraries installed.