The reason that we use R or Python or any programming language over applications is integration, capacity, performance or control of process. When I'm asked to

The reason that we use R or Python or any programming language over applications is integration, capacity, performance or control of process. When I'm asked to replace a spreadsheet it is usually based on the sheet being to large to be performant or it is very buggy, and can't be relied on. I.e. CFO got crushed in a meeting because of a bad excel/googel sheets formula. Lately, I've been thinking about what the "Rust of spreadsheets" would be like... It's really a big problem now.