Re: Microsoft Excel getting features we have had for a long time in org :-)

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Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> writes:

> I actually tell (warn?) my students that spreadsheets are an example of
> a "write-only programming language", the other being APL (for those with
> long memories).

I may not be of the right generation to remember APL, but I used to love
spreadsheets ... until I had to look at the same spreadsheet later
[shudder].

Using Org tables for small things and an actual program (python, R,
julia, etc.) for anything medium-large I've found vastly superior to
spreadsheets.

Good for Excel, but as far as I'm concerned it's a bit like making a
pitcher plant smell nicer 🙃. The trap is more enticing, but you still
end up in the same mess.

--
Timothy