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[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 100 points 1 year ago (28 children)

I have seen critical enterprise applications run in VBA in excel. Removing VBA would cause global economic ruin. I'm pretty sure that's the unspoken backstory for the Fallout series.

[–] Pistcow@lemm.ee 39 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Can confirm. Worked at several billion dollar corps that would collapse without vba.

[–] dill@lemmy.one 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can confirm as well. It's wild

[–] Dee@lemmings.world 11 points 1 year ago

Another Sys Admin confirming that yes, the finance department runs nearly entirely on VBA. They would be lost without it.

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