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A long time ago I remember people saying that JavaScript is the most popular language that programmers don’t learn. A language with a sufficiently low bar for m
by devonkim 3y ago
A long time ago I remember people saying that JavaScript is the most popular language that programmers don’t learn. A language with a sufficiently low bar for mass adoption by non-programmers in theory should be useful without needing to know the ins and outs. Yet, I would argue still that the world’s most popular programming language isn’t even either JS or Python or PHP - it’s Excel. When we constrain a programming operating environment and language elegantly it’s quite impressive what is accomplished. We as programmers tend to forget oftentimes that computers and all that stuff is just a means to an end.
- crabbone 3y agoCan you write extensions / modules for VBA used in Excel? -- It's an honest question. I simply haven't used any Microsoft product in a very long time... If not, it's probably not a good delivery mechanism, even if very popular.
- devonkim 3y agoThere’s various macro extensions and plugins available including .NET but these options tend to have a long history of horrible security problems because they are general purpose languages. While possible to crash spreadsheets with simple formulas they’re not going to steal your local credentials off disk probably.