Microsoft announces Python formulas in Excel... which have to get sent to the cloud
Microsoft announces Python formulas in Excel... which have to get sent to the cloud
Since its inception, Microsoft Excel has changed how people organize, analyze, and visualize their data, providing a basis for decision-making for the..
Since its inception, Microsoft Excel has changed how people organize, analyze, and visualize their data, providing a basis for decision-making for the flying billionaires heads up in the clouds who don't give a fuck for life offtheline
You're viewing a single thread.
Because it was so much easier to send data to the cloud than embed a Python interpreter. 🤦
I wouldn't be surprised if there already is one in the monstrosity that is Excel
My guess is that they are seeing this as less likely to become a security hole.
Yep. Everyone in the thread asking this question seems clueless to me. Macros are already a threat. I can’t imagine what a shitshow full on python would be.
The Python API they gave doesn't have disk access. Maybe somebody'll discover an exploit but that's for everything.