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Not really. Most spreadsheets(~88%) have errors. "Sorry, Your Spreadsheet Has Errors (Almost 90% Do)" https://www.salesforce.com/blog/2014/09/how-to-reduce-sp
by giardini 10y ago
Not really. Most spreadsheets(~88%) have errors.
"Sorry, Your Spreadsheet Has Errors (Almost 90% Do)"
https://www.salesforce.com/blog/2014/09/how-to-reduce-spreadsheet-errors.html https://www.salesforce.com/blog/2014/09/how-to-reduce-spread...
The 2008 source article is
"What We Know About Spreadsheet Errors"
http://panko.shidler.hawaii.edu/SSR/Mypapers/whatknow.htm http://panko.shidler.hawaii.edu/SSR/Mypapers/whatknow.htm
- wffurr 10y agoIf you read the blog, you'd see that the system he's suggesting is somewhat more robust than a spreadsheet. His example at the end is the Google Forms builder, which at least does a modicum of input validation, unlike your typical direct-entry spreadsheet. And the point is not to completely dismiss the idea with a glib soundbite like that, but to actually take seriously building tools like spreadsheets that allow non-technical users to build data-driven systems.