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   by zrz 13y ago

   Mostly functions that could be achieved with Excel formulas, but would require to add some more columns. As we are already struggling with file size, we often go with VBA implementation. I'm talking about calculating things like drawdo
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   by zrz 13y ago

   Do you mean that PyPy is a state of the art transpiled language? Actually I was looking for state of the art tools that helps designing/implementing languages. I have come across CoffeeScript's annotated source, on their website,
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   by zrz 13y ago

   'why should it?' because VBA feels horribly wrong to write, at the opposite of intuition. One can say that this is just my own opinion, but i would be curious to talk to somebody that thinks 'it's like VBA reads my mind!
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   by zrz 13y ago

   Writing VBA code for users that can't is part of my everyday job, and I guess that it is the job of a lot of support/commando developers. Excel is a great tool foto implement simple investment strategies but it often ends like &#x
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   by zrz 13y ago

   That's the kind of answers I was looking for. Does the nature of Excel VBA limits the possibilities of making it simple ? The fact of it being all about the environment means to me that there is room for what I called 'concept-com
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   Ask HN: A high level language that compiles to VBA ?

   4 points by zrz 13y ago|12 comments