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No, the prevailing implementations are mapped to the grids of ledger sheets which the accountants who were the initial market were accustomed to. (A vivid memor
by WillAdams 4y ago
No, the prevailing implementations are mapped to the grids of ledger sheets which the accountants who were the initial market were accustomed to. (A vivid memory from when I was young was the accountant who pulled up to the computer store I was at and said, "I want a Visicalc" --- after a bit of back-and-forth w/ the salesman, he loaded up his Trans Am w/ pretty much one of everything in the store (Apple ][, 80 column card, dual floppies, wide printer, &c.)
Look up Lotus Improv and Javelin and Quantrix for examples of spreadsheets done right.
- porker 4y ago> Look up Lotus Improv and Javelin and Quantrix for examples of spreadsheets done right. I looked them up but Google wasn't forthcoming about what made them be "done right". Can you explain what they brought?
- WillAdams 4y agoThey are multi-dimensional spreadsheets where one has to instantiate and name each possible column/row, and then the formulae are set aside in a separate pane, and it is possible to re-arrange things as desired.