Excel is, simply, the most successful object oriented programming interface. Certainly a lot easier to work with than C++ or Java. That's also its curse; any id

Excel is, simply, the most successful object oriented programming interface. Certainly a lot easier to work with than C++ or Java. That's also its curse; any idjit can pick it up, start typing and mousing, and end up with a couple meg of executable that runs just fine and generates extremely dubious output.