[PRL] The Importance of Excel

[Matthias Felleisen]

On Feb 14, 2013, at 11:26 AM, John Clements wrote:

> requires time and development resources that people don't choose to allocate to the problems.


Saving $500K on a high-quality programmer to turn this financial model into a properly designed program is far cheaper than losing $1B later on. Or as Realm of Racket puts it, a week of "programming" can easily save you an hour of thought.