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by cm2187 2291 days ago
Microsoft pretty much built it (would allow any .net language to behave like VBA, with an integrated IDE and ability to save code inside the document). Then they killed it. I think that was a huge mistake from a productivity point of view, and also to get a fighting chance to retire VB6.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_Studio_Tools_for_Applic...