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You're right about what excel is (and the whole VB ecosystem for that matter), but I think the critical difference is that the language and environment are very

You're right about what excel is (and the whole VB ecosystem for that matter), but I think the critical difference is that the language and environment are very different. If I know the smallest amount of python (or R) I can leverage Jupyter notebooks and it is intuitive. To really get something great out of excel you have to learn excel. I think that difference is almost as important as the excel stigma.

taeric 8y ago
Interestingly, excel has the advantage that the data has to always be visible. This is also a disadvantage, because it can't work with too much data. My gut is that the amount of data it can work with more than compensates for the disadvantage.