I believe VBA for Excel predated its use within visual studio, if I'm correctly understanding Spolsky's telling of VBA's beginnings. I cut my teeth on VBA in E

I believe VBA for Excel predated its use within visual studio, if I'm correctly understanding Spolsky's telling of VBA's beginnings. I cut my teeth on VBA in Excel, and for all of its weaknesses (and the fact that it just. won't. die), it was still a very powerful platform.