Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoMicrosoft to kill off VBScript in Windows to block malware deliverywww.bleepingcomputer.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up11
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minus-squareHidingCat@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoWTF, seriously? VBA feels more like a scripting addon (which I suppose it is), not something to build wholesale CRITICAL programs with.
minus-squarekubica@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoThe things done in excel might not be critical per-se, but macros are used and abused a lot and many companies can be affected by their dependence on workflows refined over the years.
minus-squareHidingCat@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoHaha, don’t I know it. I’ve had to work with some of them in a past life. Messy and also very scary at how they underpin million dollar decisions.
minus-squareMelkath@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoThis is true for software in general. The same description can be given to workshops (and you know they already exist) that do the same stuff with ChatGPT.
minus-squareMelkath@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoIt’s a scripting language. A solid, verbose, diverse scripting language that gives you impressive control over Windows environments. If some people are delivering malware or phishing, that sucks, but it doesn’t negate the languages merit. It would be the same as ceasing production of spray paint because of taggers. The ends don’t justify the means.
WTF, seriously? VBA feels more like a scripting addon (which I suppose it is), not something to build wholesale CRITICAL programs with.
The things done in excel might not be critical per-se, but macros are used and abused a lot and many companies can be affected by their dependence on workflows refined over the years.
Haha, don’t I know it. I’ve had to work with some of them in a past life. Messy and also very scary at how they underpin million dollar decisions.
This is true for software in general.
The same description can be given to workshops (and you know they already exist) that do the same stuff with ChatGPT.
It’s a scripting language.
A solid, verbose, diverse scripting language that gives you impressive control over Windows environments.
If some people are delivering malware or phishing, that sucks, but it doesn’t negate the languages merit.
It would be the same as ceasing production of spray paint because of taggers.
The ends don’t justify the means.