From: <tomas@tuxteam.de>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Cc: gyro funch <gyromagnetic@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Microsoft Excel getting features we have had for a long time in org :-)
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2021 19:38:00 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210131183759.GA28424@tuxteam.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87v9bdezsh.fsf@ucl.ac.uk>
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On Sun, Jan 31, 2021 at 06:17:50PM +0000, Eric S Fraga wrote:
> On Friday, 29 Jan 2021 at 13:36, gyro funch wrote:
> > Oooh. That should make Excel spreadsheets even funner to audit.
>
> :-)
>
> I actually tell (warn?) my students that spreadsheets are an example of
> a "write-only programming language", the other being APL (for those with
> long memories).
At least you can keep your APL programs in an VCS and the diffs might
make sense. Try that with excel.
(Actually, over here, excel is a plague, at least in public administration:
lots of "knowledge" is buried in inscrutable excel macros nobody dares to
touch after a while. This might explain why such sites are crippled for
weeks after a ransomware attack).
Cheers
- t
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-01-31 18:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-01-28 11:01 Microsoft Excel getting features we have had for a long time in org :-) Eric S Fraga
2021-01-29 20:36 ` gyro funch
2021-01-31 18:17 ` Eric S Fraga
2021-01-31 18:38 ` tomas [this message]
2021-01-31 18:51 ` Eric S Fraga
2021-01-31 18:39 ` Gyro Funch
2021-01-31 18:44 ` TEC
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