[gw99]

VBA is one of the best things Microsoft ever produced from an actual business perspective. The killer problem is that people run any old untrusted shit from anywhere.

[phpisthebest]

I would disagree with that.

VBA seems like it, but there is a HUGE amount of negative externalities that are never accounted for when people talk about how great VBA is for business

In some ways it is like CO2 Emissions on Climate change. You enjoy the benefits today of VBA but the technical debt and other externalities cost the business far more in the future

[gw99]

All tools are compromised in one way or another. That had a decent balance of compromises.

[anthk]

VBA was a godsend for malware. COM/OLE? Win32 calls? Heaven. Now add Ransomware and now you would think VBA should be either sandboxed or killed away.