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On the other hand, malleable systems are responsible for enormous increases in the productivity of computer users. We may all hate kludgy excel spreadhseets wit
by AnIdiotOnTheNet 7y ago
On the other hand, malleable systems are responsible for enormous increases in the productivity of computer users. We may all hate kludgy excel spreadhseets with a nightmare of tangled hacky VBA code, but you see that sort of thing in a lot of businesses' critical workflow because that kinda of malleability by "untrained" users was invaluable in the earlier life of the business.
- Jtsummers 7y agoIt's still invaluable in highly locked-down office environments. It lets users automate things that they wouldn't be allowed to automate otherwise (needing a full development environment or the ability to run arbitrary executables or access to Powershell).