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I would dream of Mathematica being something used as much as MS Excel. Available in any environment and a little bit easier to use for Excel users.
by ksss 14y ago
I would dream of Mathematica being something used as much as MS Excel. Available in any environment and a little bit easier to use for Excel users.
- bloaf 14y agoI think Mathematica could make a killer excel add-in.
- alok-g 14y agoGenuinely asking: Why? What use-cases or advantages do you have in mind?
- rplacd 14y agoExcelLink exists, but it inverses the flow of control - it spawns an inferior Excel.
- alok-g 14y agoJust found MathematicaLink [1] while researching ExcelLink that allows access to Mathematica from Excel. [1] http://www.wolfram.com/products/applications/excel_link/features/mathematicalink.html http://www.wolfram.com/products/applications/excel_link/feat...
- alok-g 14y agoCan you provide examples for the ideal case for you? What would you like to see in Mathematica to make it easier? As a heavy user of both, my experience is that Mathematica is more difficult initially when writing your code, but is ultimately easier than Excel because the thing you would be doing in Mathematica would be very hard to do in Excel (it is both a technical as well as maintenance nightmare).