Subj : Re: SSH on BBSes
To   : Nightfox
From : Arelor
Date : Tue Apr 19 2022 13:46:14

  Re: Re: SSH on BBSes
  By: Nightfox to 2twisty on Mon Apr 18 2022 11:02 am

 >  2t> And "coding" can be anything from ASM to Excel, as far as I'm concerned. I've
 >  2t> seen some people do some AMAZING shit in Excel that I cannot fathom, while I
 >  2t> could write circles around them in Python.
 > 
 > What kind of coding is there in Excel?  Excel is a powerful spreadsheet tool, which
 > lets you enter complex calculations for it to figure out, but I'm not sure I'd
 > consider that coding.  To me, "coding" means writing code in order to make a comput
 > program, script, phone app, etc..
 > 
 > Nightfox

You can design spreadsheets which are capable of calculating the optimal pipe size for
a given steam load. Some of those nearly feel like standalone programs. I don't think
those count as coding for somebody used to C, but I think they count as coding for
some random home user :-)

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