The article delves into VB's alternatives only, but VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) is also very much alive. My brother uses Excel VBA to teach Decision Sup

The article delves into VB's alternatives only, but VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) is also very much alive. My brother uses Excel VBA to teach Decision Support Systems and Genetic Programming at the university. Excel provides a very capable and easy to use environment for data modeling, and Visual Basic provides ample functionality for implementing algorithms on top of it with zero setup cost.