I don't think "conventional programming languages" (and in particular Java) are well suited to the task of analyzing and querying data. But Excel is also an od

I don't think "conventional programming languages" (and in particular Java) are well suited to the task of analyzing and querying data. But Excel is also an odd beast. It's used for laying out reports, pivot tables, plotting graphs, working with database, calculations and VBA macros. Not all features play well together.