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Among other things, spreadsheets allow you to see and fix one-off errors caused by bad data. A "real" programming language is great when you have clean data, but the real world is …

Thanks! Should be fixed now

I almost like it, but it just has... it has... too many notes. Yes, that's exactly it. Too many notes.

What would be really great would be the ability to penetrate existing tissue with nanowire sensors.

Let me try and cover most limitations by saying this: a spreadsheet should basically be an interface to a Lisp interpreter. The ability to define new functions (within the spreadsh…

Might I note that spreadsheets have immediate feedback. They also enforce a pure functional style (which you can break out of by bolting on a script written in a completely differe…

My favorite example of this is Kafka, who worked for an insurance company. Who else but someone working in a large, bureaucratic organization could have written the kind of stuff h…