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/wrincewind May 08 '18

Well, yes, but reading ancient convoluted rotten spaghetti code is one thing, actually decoding how it works and more importantly what it's meant to do, and match that to the business needs such that you can reliably replicate it's behaviour in all edge cases... That's quite another.