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Re:Why do people still use VBA? by mcbishop on Wednesday November 15, 2023 @11:30AM (#38278547)
It depends on the user. I use the basic VBA components to build my own features (exactly how I want them). I'm happy that Microsoft isn't meddling.
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Re:Why do people still use VBA? by cm2187 on Wednesday November 15, 2023 @11:57AM (#38278970)
The lack of basic functionalities like generics, sort functions, lambdas, is a hinderance if you got a taste of .net.
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Re:Why do people still use VBA? by mst on Wednesday November 15, 2023 @12:12PM (#38279230)
It's a hindrance to -us- but I suspect for code that's designed to be passed from SME to SME that -not- having access to features so you have to write things the ugly stupid way ... may actually be an advantage, since the next SME along only has to have a sufficient tolerance for 'ugly' rather than an understanding of the features you and I would both want.
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Re:Why do people still use VBA? by mcbishop on Wednesday November 15, 2023 @12:13PM (#38279252)
Sorting is fine in VBA. But, I admit, it'd be sweet to have lambdas.
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