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Andrzej Matuch wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

> On 2024-12-31 02:18, DFS wrote:
>> On 12/30/2024 7:59 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>> On Mon, 30 Dec 2024 18:58:06 -0500, DFS wrote:
>>>
>>>> If you ever do need to automate office software or build custom
>>>> applications, you'll find that MS Office and VBA is extremely superior
>>>> to ALL other office software.
>>>
>>> Unfortunately, no. 
>> 
>> You have NO idea what you're talking about.
>> 
>>  > Even Microsoft realizes that VBA is crap, which is why
>>  > it is offering Python access to Excel users -- at a cost, of course.
>> 
>> Python can't come close to replacing VBA (and vice versa of course).

AI Overview:

    While both Python and Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) can be used for
    automation, Python is generally considered a more versatile and
    general-purpose language, making it better for complex tasks beyond just
    Microsoft Office applications, whereas VBA is specifically designed to
    automate tasks within Microsoft Office programs like Excel and Word, making
    it ideal for simpler, application-specific automation within that
    environment. 

Examples: NumPy, SciPy, STUMPY, Pandas.

On the other hand:

    https://github.com/sancarn/awesome-vba

> I remember Visual Basic as being the "superior" language which caused 
> all the computers in my CÉGEP's computer lab to get infected and result 
> in shockingly slow printing and caused students to miss their deadlines.

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