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It Took Many Years And Billions Of Dollars, But Microsoft Finally Invented A Calculator That Is Wrong Sometimes (defector.com)
submitted 17 hours ago by tux0r@feddit.org to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Money quote:

Excel requires some skill to use (to the point where high-level Excel is a competitive sport), and AI is mostly an exercise in deskilling its users and humanity at large.

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[–] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

That's the worst possible solution to that problem. Why can't they just develop their own script that's Turing complete but doesn't have any system calls?

[–] chillhelm@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Or just use Lua compiled without the system calls. This is done by many video games. İt's 2025, there is no need to create new domain specific languages.

[–] tux0r@feddit.org 1 points 1 hour ago

Or use embedded Lisp, like all the cool kids.