title: What is an environment?
body: <p>I assume this question is somewhat dumb, but I can't seem to find an answer. What exactly is an "environment" in the context of Visual Studio (or similar)?</p>
  
  <p>Say, for example, that I choose my Visual Studio 2013 to be configured as a C# environment (when you first install it it gives you the option), and then create a Visual Basic form application via selecting Fle>new>Visual Basic>Windows form. What would be the difference between doing that and creating the same application in the Visual Basic environment configuration?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks in advance.</p>