Coda, a “next-generation spreadsheet” – from rows and columns to custom apps

Re:Coda, a “next-generation spreadsheet” – from rows and col... by feelin_googley on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @01:19AM (#15547689)

Demo of Improv on NeXT:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbsfvdZXE7s

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Re:Coda, a “next-generation spreadsheet” – from rows and col... by cm2187 on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @04:03AM (#15548299)

Thanks. It’s interesting but even that solves a very specific use of Excel. It will become painful if you need to cross reference different periods, etc. I sort of built a similar calculation engine for work that works in a similar way, but it is a solution taylored to a very specific problem. Finance depart who would be the primary user for that would still need Excel on the side.

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Re:Coda, a “next-generation spreadsheet” – from rows and col... by nitemice on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @01:31AM (#15547746)

Seems a lot like PivotTables crossed with a normal spreadsheet.

That's actually pretty cool!

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Re:Coda, a “next-generation spreadsheet” – from rows and col... by gadders on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @05:18AM (#15548617)

Pivot Tables were invented by Lotus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pito_Salas

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