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It depends on what those "wizards" do. If it's just making some formula in spreadsheet work, it's not too awesome. If it's stopping time[1], that might be more
by yetihehe 9y ago
It depends on what those "wizards" do. If it's just making some formula in spreadsheet work, it's not too awesome. If it's stopping time[1], that might be more "magical".
[1] https://hackaday.com/2017/11/09/stop-motion-with-the-time-glove/ https://hackaday.com/2017/11/09/stop-motion-with-the-time-gl...
- toomuchtodo 9y ago> If it's just making some formula in spreadsheet work Excel functionality is on part with some programming languages. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nbkaYsR94c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nbkaYsR94c
- arethuza 9y ago"it's not too awesome" Maybe if you had seen some of the eldritch devious monstrosities I've seen people create in Excel (even without VBA) you might reconsider that statement. Be very worried if someone says "we have this Excel spreadsheet that needs to be turned into an app"....
- yetihehe 9y ago=A1+B1 is not awesome for normal people. If you want, you can do magic with anything, but it was only an example.
- walshemj 9y agoI have also seen a company (tech) who used an excel spreadsheet as part f its accounts system turns out it was faulty and was a factor to the company going bust - the main one was ICANT tho
- cirgue 9y agoIf programming is wizardry, things written in Excel are definitely necromancy: the end result is shambling, hideous, and unnatural, but for certain things it gets the job done.