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		josephg on Oct 24, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: OOP is not that bad Excel is still arguably the world’s most popular programming language. And excel is much more functional than imperative.

throwaway2037 on Oct 24, 2024 [–]

But VBA is OOP/imperative. And most Excel apps that I know use a combination of FP in the sheet, and OOP/imperative in the VBA.

josephg on Oct 24, 2024 | [–]

I suspect VBA is used in a tiny percentage of all spreadsheets.

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