Re: The enduring appeal of Microsoft Excel

Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote at 18:31 this Tuesday (GMT):

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On Tue, 29 Oct 2024 07:24:23 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:
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There was almost no difference between using Excel vs Calc even back
then. But why anyone would use a spreadsheet for a job better suited to
a database is still a mystery to me.

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My experience with Excel users is 'if you have a hammer everything looks
like a nail'. I'm not sure if I've ever seen a spreadsheet used as
intended.

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Check out ControlCalc. Our company hired a guy to build an air-traffic
lighting system. He build the control hardware himself, and he used ControlCalc
to drive it (and show graphics of various airfields).
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Each page/sheet in the spreadsheet was a single thread of execution.
Loads of fun to figure out if you were new to that project.
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We (not me personally) rewrote it using C++ and Qt eventually.

That sounds miserable geez. It's cool that it's possible, but it
probably shouldn't be in production.
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