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The Excel formula language consists of several hundred pure functions, and only constitutes a Turing-complete programming language in recent builds (Office 365 beta, |
The Excel formula language consists of several hundred pure functions, and only constitutes a Turing-complete programming language in recent builds (Office 365 beta, [https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/excel-blog/announcing-lambda-turn-excel-formulas-into-custom-functions/ba-p/1925546 since Dec 2020]) which have introduced a LAMBDA function, and the ability to bind names to reusable custom functions in the Excel Name Manager. |
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The Excel formula language, for all its limitations, is arguably the most widely used programming language in the world. |
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Estimates of the number of users are typically in the region of 750 million. |
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