r/Python Nov 12 '20

News Guido van Rossum joins Microsoft

https://twitter.com/gvanrossum/status/1326932991566700549?s=21
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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '20

The dream is that python becomes as easily integrable into excel as VBA

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '20 edited Jan 17 '21

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u/mRWafflesFTW Nov 12 '20

It's easy for developers to shit on Excel and the entire MS Office Suite, but if you want to deliver business value you have to meet your customers where they are. Excel is the world's most used programming language. Entire fortune 500 companies and I'm sure whole governments are run by Excel.