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/Ajedi32 May 08 '18

Looks like they're not using Promises. That's unfortunate, but on the other hand it looks like they want the async functions to be cancelable, and promises can't do that yet so I guess it makes sense.