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  • Aatube@kbin.socialOP
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    1 year ago

    Wouldn’t it need to send to the cloud and back every time you change one of the cells the script is depending on?

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      1 year ago

      Yup, most likely. I’m saying the total calculation w/ Excel formulas is often greater than that round trip + computation time w/ Python. Excel formulas are pretty slow.

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          1 year ago

          Think huge formulas. I’ve seen formulas take minutes in Excel, but seconds when implemented better in a script. If you haven’t worked with massive formulas, you’re not the target market here.

          Another application is accessing external APIs that don’t have internal support. If you’re accessing an external API, you’re already paying a network overhead cost, so adding another isn’t going to matter much.