Quote Originally Posted by much.love View Post
but our teacher stuck with it anyways, because it had a more "immediate applicability".
Yes that is ture. There is more applicability to use of excel than some programming language. But since most pepole know how to use it it doesn't give you much help in finding job nowadays.
But I also have to admit that excel is quite powerfull and you can do wonder with it. For instance you can create a 3D graphics engine with it. Sorta. Check the link below and be mindblown as I was when I saw the article for the first time
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/featur...ionary_3d_.php