I think excel has a lot of good features for small samples. But when it comes to larger datasets, the macro and scripting capabilities (in Visual BASIC) are jus

I think excel has a lot of good features for small samples. But when it comes to larger datasets, the macro and scripting capabilities (in Visual BASIC) are just too slow to be practical. So in that way, yes it's overused for large datasets, there are many many better/faster toolsets out there.