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  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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    10 months ago

    Sure, but it happens once. So as long as Python saves you more than the half second or so round trip, it’ll be preferable.

    I’d prefer it to be embedded, but I can absolutely see it being useful even if it’s cloud-only.

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      10 months 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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        10 months 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.