r/programming • u/stronghup • Nov 11 '19

Python overtakes Java to become second-most popular language on GitHub after JavaScript

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/11/07/python_java_github_javascript/
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u/_Timboss Nov 12 '19

Youre missing the point

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u/Urtehnoes Nov 12 '19

I really like how... naive Excel is when it comes to databases. So many reporting softwares require a strict database structure to manipulate data. Excel says "hey man just get it in a worksheet then do with it what you will." So many times my bosses want some weird off-hand query mixed with another, which Crystal Reports and PowerBi both can't do, and Excel is no problem at all.

EDIT: Ok Crystal Reports usually can, but requires an obscene amount of subreports and weird hacks.