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> In traditional flat spread sheets, you have to have the ability of hiding columns or rows to hide intermediate results. This indicates that two dimensions are
by loa_in_ 5y ago
> In traditional flat spread sheets, you have to have the ability of hiding columns or rows to hide intermediate results. This indicates that two dimensions are not enough, which is why teapot is three-dimensional. The third dimension can be imagined like multiple layers on top of each other, usable without the awkwardness of multiple worksheets in established spreadsheet software.
I really hope it supports multiple worksheets in addition to the 3D! Additional worksheets usually contain data that's by nature best indexed from (0, 0, 0). I'd rather write @("Items", x(), y(), 0) than @(x(), y(), items_offset)
- ag56 5y agoWhy not just write @(x(), y(), z(“items”))? Named cells was a feature. My immediate thought is excel is 3d — through worksheets - it’s just the calling syntax is horrible. It would be hard to displace excel at this stage. But if there was a) a good gui and b) a translator that allowed you to save a Teapot spreadsheet as excel for sharing… I’d consider switching.
- loa_in_ 5y agoWhy offer less features?