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Subject: Re: The problem with not owning the software
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2024 02:18:09 -0500
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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).