# Adding VB to benchmark comparison

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/adding-vb-to-benchmark-comparison/7074>\
**Category:** Meta Discussion\
**Created:** [November 11, 2017, 1:27am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/adding-vb-to-benchmark-comparison/7074 "2017-11-11T01:27:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![greg\_plowman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/greg_plowman/32/8100_2.png) [@greg\_plowman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/greg_plowman)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2017, 5:30am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/adding-vb-to-benchmark-comparison/7074/22 "2017-11-15T05:30:04Z")

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> [@Paul\_Soderlind](#):
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> It’s my guess that those still using VB(A) are (a) not very concerned with the speed-up and/or (b) don’t have the time to invest in learning a new language.

Or haven’t found the right language yet 🙂

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**Author:** ![hustf](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/hustf/32/2374_2.png) [@hustf](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/hustf)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 5:08pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/adding-vb-to-benchmark-comparison/7074/23 "2017-11-20T17:08:05Z")

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Fingers itching here, but the competition is using Numpy / OpenBlas, so maybe not. People would get the impression that Python is reasonably fast. VBA to Julia time is around 10, is it not?

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**Author:** ![TravisA9](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/travisa9/32/357_2.png) [@TravisA9](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/TravisA9)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2017, 3:37pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/adding-vb-to-benchmark-comparison/7074/24 "2017-11-22T15:37:37Z")

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I wasn’t sure where to post this or if it is interesting to others:

[Stop Using Excel, Finance Chiefs Tell Staffs](https://news.slashdot.org/story/17/11/22/1525254/stop-using-excel-finance-chiefs-tell-staffs)

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