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If Excel uses doubles for money, it should be a warning sign. It uses simple numeric data type (I guess just ints) for freaking dates.. I can trace at least a c
by karmakurtisaani 3y ago
If Excel uses doubles for money, it should be a warning sign. It uses simple numeric data type (I guess just ints) for freaking dates.. I can trace at least a couple of bugs in my career to just that fact.
- mrbungie 3y agoApart from its quirks Excel is fine, if you know its limitations. I think the real warning sign would be an analyst/programmer working with Excel and expecting high precision results.
- Mordisquitos 3y agoEverything is fine apart from its quirks, if you know its limitations. The problem is when a tool's quirks and limitations are neither exhaustively documented nor can they be inferred from having reasonable knowledge about the base principles of the tool, but are rather learnt by experience (to be read as "through bad experiences").
- recursive 3y agoI find Excel to be fine as long as I never use it.