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Re:An alarming number of scientific papers contain Excel errors by 10198231001 on Saturday August 27, 2016 @04:28AM (#12371560)
If the programs contain errors, they are not useful. They appear to be useful to someone who just wants to see some activity instead of actual work.
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Re:An alarming number of scientific papers contain Excel errors by coldtea on Saturday August 27, 2016 @07:55AM (#12371967)
All programs contain errors, and almost all output of calculations is approximate.

The question is if for most of the use cases the margin of error is just fine...

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