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  • mrsgreenpotato@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 年前

    Not everyone has an opportunity to work with Python in their work environment. I’m on the “business” side of the company, capable of doing most of programming stuff myself (Python, C#, SQL, etc.), whereas only “IT” people can work with the proper compileable code. And I’m left out working with VBA macros, or ask IT to write a script for me, which will take 1 year to develop. This change now will improve my local productivity for sure.

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      1 年前

      This issue isn’t about authoring the script, is about why it needs to execute on the cloud rather locally.

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        1 年前

        Fair point, maybe I replied to a wrong comment. Nonetheless, I’ve seen comments saying “just use native Python”. Not everyone can do that.

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      This happened in my old place - also on the business side. Asked for python, got it, then had it immediately removed because of security risks.

      I told the head that I could still access tables and shit via excel if I wanted so what does it matter? He didn’t realise this, and asked that I told no-one else it could be done. FFS.