2    Programming Basics: Arithmetic, Input/Output, and All That

images 2.1 General Remarks

A computer program is a set of instructions issued to a computer to carry out a particular sequence of operations. Programs may be written in many languages. VBA, for example, is easy to use and its availability makes it an excellent “first language” to learn for technical computing. A visual version of the original BASIC, VBA is, in many ways, similar to Fortran, a language widely used in technical computing. VBA is also easily accessed from Microsoft Excel, which is available on most computers using the Windows operating system.

VBA is a higher-level computer ...

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