The reports of VBA's demise have been greatly exaggerated.
There have been spurious reports in the media saying that VBA is dead. Caused quite a firestorm around here as you might imagine -- 'cause it just plain isn't true.
There is an official statement on the VSTO blog here:
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Anonymous
January 17, 2008
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June 27, 2012
If not dead, then neglected. The only update 64 bit. And that done awfully -- there should have just been a long long type in VBA proper, all versions compatible. But if nobody cares...