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Dan is too humble when giving his credentials in this article. Reading the comments already, it seems some may be unaware that his first claim to fame was VisiC
by JunkDNA 13y ago
Dan is too humble when giving his credentials in this article. Reading the comments already, it seems some may be unaware that his first claim to fame was VisiCalc: the software from which all modern day spreadsheets are direct descendants.
He's got years of accumulated wisdom that make his comments about programming natively vs. in the browser worth some careful thought. As you read his post, remember he developed a functional, useful, modern spreadsheet package on 1979 hardware.
- _random_ 13y agoMaybe he could provide a quick sample/prototype of VisiCalc ported to iOS as a web-app? After all 2013-1979 = 34 of innovation, so HTML5 and JS _must_ be a pinnacle of programmer's productivity, right? An if-it-compiles-it-is-correct kind of thing?
- pasbesoin 13y agoActually, it's been some months and my memory is vague on details, but I seem to recall that someone has done this in the browser. Perhaps/probably via an emulator. Hmm... I'm in a bit of a hurry, but this sounds familiar: http://www.metafilter.com/122001/Visicalc-on-your-iPhone http://www.metafilter.com/122001/Visicalc-on-your-iPhone