VBScript Dead
VBScript
KindProgramming language
Appeared1996
StatusDead
CreatorMicrosoft
FamilyBASIC
Sourceen.wikipedia.org ↗
IE's other scripting language and the Windows Scripting Host's native tongue — officially deprecated by Microsoft in 2023.
1960198020002020
Descended from Visual Basic
Microsoft's VBScript (1996) — VB for scripting — was ASP's server language and Windows' automation engine through the 90s–2000s.\n\nDeprecated since IE's death; a generation of enterprise .vbs files keeps it in maintenance forever.