Ease of learning is about all it has going for it these days. There are many many languages that are as easy to learn, but much more powerful and, frankly, useful.
What language do you use that accessing an object attribute is the same that accessing a dict key?
Javascript / Typescript.
I wrote VBScript for about 7 or 8 years professionally, starting in 2010. I donβt miss it.
Ease of learning is about all it has going for it these days. There are many many languages that are as easy to learn, but much more powerful and, frankly, useful.