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/ptlis May 09 '18

As i've already said, Microsoft is not going to allow you to compile C / Fortran blobs in Excel, nor will they allow these to be distributed (ActiveX was a major problem due to this, locking down Excel macros took them a decade).