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Re:Ask HN: What can't you do in Excel? by ph0rque on Sunday January 11, 2009 @06:18PM (#429799)
> SUM(IF($C1:$C$10000 = "England",$E$1:$E10000,0))

Slightly offtopic, but I just wanted to point out that excel syntax looks a lot like lisp, with biggest different being the first item is outside the parens.

Re:Ask HN: What can't you do in Excel? by herge on Monday January 12, 2009 @05:42AM (#430360)
Excel: The world's most popular functional programming language.
Re:Ask HN: What can't you do in Excel? by khafra on Monday January 12, 2009 @08:06AM (#430424)
After searching for a decent reverse polish calculator for the iPhone for months, I finally realized that a spreadsheet app fits the bill there as well.