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# Throwback Thursday: January 16, 2025
- URL: https://nolongerset.com/throwback-thursday-2025-01-16/
- Published: 2025-01-17T04:20:46.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-08T12:43:31.000Z
- Description: We explore the value of learning other programming languages and incorporating elements from them into VBA in today's edition of Throwback Thursday.
- Author: Mike Wolfe
- Tags: Throwback Thursday, #Import 2026-05-20 02:59

*With over a million words scattered across more than 1,300 articles on this blog, you've probably missed a few things here.*

*That’s why each week in "Throwback Thursday," we’ll revisit some standout posts. Expect a blend of my personal favorites, insightful articles from other great minds, and a touch of coding humor to keep things light.*

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## Highlights from NoLongerSet.com

[Learning From Other LanguagesEven if you only write code professionally in a single language, learning the concepts and idioms of other languages will make you a better programmer.![](https://nolongerset.com/content/images/size/w256h256/2020/09/NLS_Icon_square.png)No Longer SetMike Wolfe![](https://nolongerset.com/content/images/2022/11/laptop-3087585_1920.jpg)](https://nolongerset.com/learning-from-other-languages/)

[Learning From Other Coding StylesWill learning multiple coding styles make you a better programmer? And, does it make sense to import those coding styles into your primary language?![](https://nolongerset.com/content/images/size/w256h256/2020/09/NLS_Icon_square.png)No Longer SetMike Wolfe![](https://nolongerset.com/content/images/2022/11/sunglasses-2705642_1920.jpg)](https://nolongerset.com/learning-from-code-styles/)

[The Zen of Python: 19 Pieces of Programming WisdomThe Zen of Python is the famous philosophical foundation of one of the world’s most popular programming languages. And that’s no coincidence.![](https://nolongerset.com/content/images/size/w256h256/2020/09/NLS_Icon_square.png)No Longer SetMike Wolfe![](https://nolongerset.com/content/images/2023/03/Zen-of-Python.jpeg)](https://nolongerset.com/zen-of-python/)

[Python-inspired Doc Tests in VBADoc tests are not a replacement for unit or integration testing. But they do provide the best return on investment (ROI) of any type of test, mostly because the effort to write them is near zero.![](https://nolongerset.com/content/images/size/w256h256/2020/09/NLS_Icon_square.png)No Longer SetMike Wolfe![](https://nolongerset.com/content/images/2020/09/20200921_173427---gbm18---.png)](https://nolongerset.com/python-inspired-doc-tests-in-vba/)

[Unfamiliar Language? 10X Your Productivity by Combining the Old with the NewPairing this free AI tool with an old-school technique is the key to unlocking immediate productivity in unfamiliar programming languages.![](https://nolongerset.com/content/images/size/w256h256/2020/09/NLS_Icon_square.png)No Longer SetMike Wolfe![](https://nolongerset.com/content/images/2024/02/Codeium.jpg)](https://nolongerset.com/codeium/)

## Wisdom from Around the Web

[String.Format / printf in VBAHow to emulate the String.Format method / printf function in VBA.![](https://codekabinett.com/images/favicon.png)CodekabinettPhilipp Stiefel![](https://codekabinett.com/images/mvp_hor.png)](https://codekabinett.com/rdumps.php?Lang=2&targetDoc=vba-printf-string-format-function)

[Lightweight MVVM in VBAA little while ago already, I went and explored dynamic UI with MSForms in VBA through a lens tinted with Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) concepts, and ended up implementing a working prototy…![](https://rubberduckvba.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/ducky-color.png?w=192)Rubberduck NewsView all posts by Rubberduck VBA![](https://rubberduckvba.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/image-1.png)](https://rubberduckvba.blog/2023/04/11/lightweight-mvvm-in-vba/)

## Developer Humor

### Lisp

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/eb/d7/ebd732c1-5f03-4f07-b386-5d08557e15c9/content/images/2025/01/image-8.png)](https://www.xkcd.com/224/)

We lost the documentation on quantum mechanics. You'll have to decode the regexes yourself.

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