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Re:An Enigma cipher machine implemented in an Excel spreadsh... by pierrebouchet on Monday March 26, 2012 @07:50AM (#3756190)
It's funny how Excel allows non-programmers to end up programming without knowing it.

Reminds me of http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3374431

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Re:An Enigma cipher machine implemented in an Excel spreadsh... by jurre on Monday March 26, 2012 @07:57AM (#3756208)
I agree, Excel is how I first got into programming and I think I'm not alone in that.
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Re:An Enigma cipher machine implemented in an Excel spreadsh... by RegEx on Monday March 26, 2012 @10:23AM (#3756795)
Microsoft Access assignments at my community college inspired me to work with databases.
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