r/Python • u/Chilangosta • Dec 14 '17

MS is considering official Python integration with Excel, and is asking for input

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u/rfc1771 Dec 15 '17

Pivot tables, table relationships, external relationships, multithreading, charting options, macros, Excel has a far more extensive built-in function set, ability to import foreign formats...

all better in Excel

If you've ever tried to do any corporate accounting in LibreOffice Calc the differences are pretty obvious

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u/CryptoTheGrey Dec 15 '17

You can do literally all these things in libre...and i haven't compared the actual number of functions between the two but i have found many functions in libre that aren't in excel.

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u/rfc1771 Dec 15 '17

You can do literally all these things in libre

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=65046

you sure?