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		PythonicAlpha on Oct 29, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A Spreadsheet Way of Knowledge (1984) I think, spreadsheet is at least to calculation what word processors are to writing.

calinet6 on Oct 29, 2014 [–]

Not just calculation, but abstract data comprehension. It's a fair bit more flexible than the word processor in this analogy.

PythonicAlpha on Oct 30, 2014 | [–]

Yes, I think similar. That's the reason, I wrote "at least".

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