@ncweaver I think of it more as a steamroller that occasionally plants land mines. Assembly is the same, but with a warning about the mines.
@rsthau @esesci @mattblaze @ncweaver Hah. COBOL would be better for about 50% of stuff people do in Excel and screw up because Excel.
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@rsthau@esesci@mattblaze@ncweaver Y'all laugh but this is what Excel does to the planet: http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2013-04-18/faq-reinhart-rogoff-and-the-excel-error-that-changed-history …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@zeynep@esesci@mattblaze@ncweaver Wasn't joking. SQL for tapes is literally the problem CODASYL was assigned, & they did a good job. -
@zeynep@esesci@mattblaze@ncweaver ... and a lot of Cobol deviations from modern norms make perfect sense in that environment. - Show replies
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