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Re:Jupyter, Mathematica, and the Future of the Research Paper by inigoalonso on Sunday April 15, 2018 @04:38AM (#16841854)
At least you need to be very careful with them: https://genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13...

Abstract: "The spreadsheet software Microsoft Excel, when used with default settings, is known to convert gene names to dates and floating-point numbers. A programmatic scan of leading genomics journals reveals that approximately one-fifth of papers with supplementary Excel gene lists contain erroneous gene name conversions."

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Re:Jupyter, Mathematica, and the Future of the Research Paper by starpilot on Sunday April 15, 2018 @04:46AM (#16841877)
Yeah, but that doesn't change the fact that 99% of the science/engineering/business world is reliant on Excel. Airplanes are designed in Excel.
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Re:Jupyter, Mathematica, and the Future of the Research Paper by PopePompous on Sunday April 15, 2018 @06:37AM (#16842106)
I think your estimate of 99% is a wee bit high. At least in the field I'm familiar with, astronomy, the idea of using Excel for any serious computation or design would be met with laughter.
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