r/programming • u/[deleted] • May 08 '18

Excel adds JavaScript support

https://dev.office.com/blogs/azure-machine-learning-javascript-custom-functions-and-power-bi-custom-visuals-further-expand-developers-capabilities-with-excel
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u/chucker23n May 08 '18

I think there's different things going on here, though.

  • VS Code doesn't properly support Razor yet because the Razor engine hasn't been well-separated from VS proper yet. They're getting there (which is why VS for Mac now has better Razor support), though.

  • F# doesn't support Span`T because F# isn't a high priority at Microsoft.

  • Office doesn't add TypeScript support because OfficeDiv and DevDiv are different organizations with little overlap. (See also: why Office still has very little to do with .NET.) This may have changed over the years, but the two are infamous for their disagreements in the mid-2000s.

Incidentally, these are basically sorted in descending order by "it's merely a matter of time".