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by DonsDiscountGas 818 days ago
Approximately 90%[1] of scientists who deal with this type of thing have in fact stopped using Excel (for this and other reasons), the problem is that the nature of this problem is such that the remaining 10% can really still screw it up for everyone. Also, next time you're having a problem with any of your tools, trying ditching that tool and picking something else. See if your productivity goes up or down.

[1] Source: POUMA