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I was thinking that the article overall felt bit out of touch with what Excel does these days, then I checked the date on the date on the linked original IEEE a
by zokier 7y ago
I was thinking that the article overall felt bit out of touch with what Excel does these days, then I checked the date on the date on the linked original IEEE article and its from 1990, 30 years ago. No wonder it is bit difficult to place in modern context. "A while back" indeed.
- laumars 7y agoR1C1 is even older still. It was first released in 1982 as the the cell addressing for Microsoft Multiplan (so we are talking pre-Excel). Microsoft only later adopted A1 formulas to fall in line with VisCal and Lotus 1-2-3.