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Re:Microsoft MakeCode by sjellis on Thursday January 18, 2018 @08:23AM (#16176848)
"Programming isn't just for programmers, but useful for everybody who has to use a computer as any a part of their job (which is verging on everybody)."

VBA does not get much respect, but there are probably a vast number of accountants, managers etc. today that write code in Office applications.

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Re:Microsoft MakeCode by dagw on Thursday January 18, 2018 @08:26AM (#16176872)
VBA does not get much respect, but there are probably a vast number of accountants, managers etc. today that write code in Office applications.

In my experience the number is far from 'vast'. But whatever the actual number might be, it is definitely much too small.

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