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Excel is considered 'functional programming', which is different than traditional programming but nevertheless incredibly valuable. I took a 'Computer Skills f
by jmduke 15y ago
Excel is considered 'functional programming', which is different than traditional programming but nevertheless incredibly valuable. I took a 'Computer Skills for Business' class during undergrad and I can't thank it enough for turning ten-minute tedium into snippets of code.
- gruseom 15y agoWhat has been your greatest triumph in Excel? What about your biggest problem with it?
- jmduke 15y agoNot sure about my greatest triumph, but my biggest problem is definitely how certain tasks are either hilariously easy (linear analyses, data modeling) or prohibitively frustrating (lack of conditional loops, version control.) Generally speaking, I'll use Excel when I want to go quickly from nothing to displayable content (it also helps that it's easier to explain away an Excel formula than show someone a mess of Haskell). And, on a tangential note, it certainly helps that pretty much every school or office computer will have some version of Excel.
- gruseom 15y agoCan you give an example of a calculation you would have liked to do in a spreadsheet with conditional loops?