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<CAAJSdjjKmrWL2-iqN=qg4em6PWFpFB6Dn65dM_tez==gpmu...@mail.gmail.com>,
on 06/12/2015
at 11:54 AM, John McKown <john.archie.mck...@gmail.com> said:
>I could do it faster in Perl than my manager
>could using MS-Excel.
That depends on what "it" is. There are some things that are much
easier than a spreadsheet, although excel is not my SS of choice.
OTOH, as a REXX bigot[1] I am appalled at how many times Perl has been
a better tool for the task at hand.
[1] When I can't have PL/I.
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