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0 pointsatilaneves6y ago0 comments

> Do I understand that correctly?

Yep!

> (The other half of the puzzle being a tool called autowrap that wraps the resulting D for consumption by Python.)

Correct.

> I'm not sure whether I personally would ever use this, but it's a very interesting exploration of the subject.

Python was an example. Want to call it from C# instead? Same code. Excel? Same code.

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jcelerier6y ago· 3 in thread

could you explain the weird fascination of the D community with Excel ? there are so many "D" things for Excel and it seems really weird as an outsider - I don't remember the last time I've seen an actual Excel in the wild and not libreoffice or openoffice

atilanevesOP6y ago

> could you explain the weird fascination of the D community with Excel

No, because I'm not aware of one existing. The only reason I wrote excel-d is because of business reasons.

> actual Excel in the wild and not libreoffice or openoffice

Where I work, and in many many other places, it's all Excel. It's actually the most used programming language in the world. Maybe it shouldn't be, but it is.

VHRanger6y ago

Since D has a fairly small community, I imagine its a handful of resourceful users in the financial sector fixing problems they're forced to deal with

bachmeier6y ago

There's also the fact that the Excel userbase is massive, so it's a sensible target.

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