While microsoft excel can be an efficient tool for developing a dss, compared to using a programming language like c++, a shortcoming of excel is it cannot be used effectively for small or medium sized problems. excel is not widely understood compared to a language like c++. it is not widely available for purchase. errors can creep into formulas somewhat easily?

Although Microsoft Excel isn't a language itself, nor does it come with its own built-in language, I do see what you mean regarding its ability to create functions and whatnot to make the spreadsheet more versatile and efficient.

Yeah, syntactical errors (or compile errors in a compiled language like C++), are going to be harder to spot in Excel than it would be in a programming language, surprisingly. This is because of the reason that I just said; most programming languages such as C++ are compiled languages, meaning that they are written in an IDE (such as Visual Studio, for C++), which is used for writing out, debugging, and compiling programs in to a executable format. The IDE would not let the compilation process finish successfully unless there were no syntax errors in the code itself (not to be confused with runtime errors; those are the harder ones to iron out, as the compiler will not tell you there is an error).

B, it is easy to scan for key information. there are times when a lot of information is included in a business letter. the block letter format you find key bits of information quickly, without having to read through the whole paper.

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