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Bearing in mind that cells in Excel worksheets are effectively variants is there any point in having an integrated programming language that is typed?
Is the whole ‘Option Explicit’ thing wrong headed for a spreadsheet automation language?
The modern trend seems to be towards dynamic typing, would that be a better option?
I’ve always properly typed all variables (and not with that $# nonsense either). But thats maybe a throwback to other types of dev work I have done.
When working with spreadsheet data in code should we worry about the underlying type?
And if so, should we also worry about it in spreadsheet formulas too?
What do you think?
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Simon
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