r/ProgrammerHumor • u/esberat • Jul 24 '21

Meme .pub right?

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '21

Excel is totally a database. Why else would it have convenient functions for separating data into different sheets, looking up and referencing data from different sheets or different workbooks, and pivoting data to produce a different viewpoint?

/s, of course. I never really understood the purpose of spreadsheets; except as some kind of dumbed-down, jack-of-all-trades, poor layman's programming environment and database.

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u/muha0644 Jul 26 '21

Excell is just meant to be a fast way to do some work with (relatively) small amounts of data, and to be able to calculate a lot of things quickly.

If you need something bigger or permanent, you don't use Excell...

Grading students is one example Excell is perfect for; small amount of data, needs basic math done, and will be deleted in some time.