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dkhenry on June 8, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Show HN: Script Excel with Python

The big question I have is why would I use this instead of a real database. If i am not mistaken excel can hook up to ODBC sources and then I can just script things as I normally would using the database drivers.

mattmanser on June 8, 2012 | [–]

Hoho, you ever sniffed the real world out there? Hell of a lot more excel junkies than programmers.

karamazov on June 8, 2012 | [–]

If you want to script something quickly, Python is better; you also have access to all of Python's libraries (numpy/pylab, for example).

It depends on what you're doing, though.

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