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Re:Spreadsheets: Functional Programming for the Masses (2014... by thedudeabides5 on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @06:44PM (#25053650)
Don't forget about VisiCalc! The Apple IIs killer app!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VisiCalc

Data tools that don't play well with spreadsheets are just fighting their massive potential user base.

Why not build something that helps the poor bastards working in spreadsheets till 3am, rather than telling them 'oh if you only had a couple hundred hours to learn pandas (and command line, and a bit of linux, and maybe some network infrastructure classes), you would be fine!"

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