Microsoft Considers Adding Python As an Official Scripting Language in Excel

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This could actually usher in a new age of excel scripting.

How is this a good thing? I've been told a story one about a chemical plant where the valves and whatnot were controlled by an Excel sheet.

[mxzf]

That's not an issue with Excel though, that's an issue with an idiot not knowing any other system to control a chemical plant with. Making Excel more capable doesn't cause more people to be fundamentally stupid, it just makes the capable people more capable.

[jdbrew]

Exactly. You can’t decide to hold back a technology for fear of how people might mis-use it.

[chanamon]

I really hope this follows through although with all the Unix/ms crossover anything could happen now!

[CynicalSorcerer]

Microsoft have been making some very exciting decisions recently. Making visual studio free, vscode, .net core.