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by disgruntledphd2 1527 days ago
And also why the world still runs on Excel.
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Yes, definitely!

Excel is actually a relatively decent programming language when you want to quickly _write_ a business application.

The big problem occurs when you want to _read_ the application. Alas, reading is necessary for maintenance and debugging and reviewing/auditing.