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From: Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk>
To: <tomas@tuxteam.de>
Cc: gyro funch <gyromagnetic@gmail.com>, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Microsoft Excel getting features we have had for a long time in org :-)
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2021 18:51:04 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87im7dey93.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210131183759.GA28424@tuxteam.de> (tomas@tuxteam.de's message of "Sun, 31 Jan 2021 19:38:00 +0100")

On Sunday, 31 Jan 2021 at 19:38, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> At least you can keep your APL programs in an VCS and the diffs might
> make sense. Try that with excel.

Very true, and the same applies to org tables (i. e. being able to use
version control).

And, as an aside, I love APL!  I just recognise the challenges of
sharing APL codes.  But, to be fair, it's been decades since I last used
APL (or J).

Also, I do use org tables quite extensively as spreadsheets but I'm also
careful to avoid making them inscrutable to all (including me).  As soon
as a table starts getting too complex, I move the coding to a src block
with the table as input (and maybe another table as output).

-- 
: Eric S Fraga via Emacs 28.0.50, Org release_9.4.4-199-gbc511b


  reply	other threads:[~2021-01-31 18:58 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
2021-01-31 18:51       ` Eric S Fraga [this message]
2021-01-31 18:39     ` Gyro Funch
2021-01-31 18:44     ` TEC

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