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From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Seeking SideKick-/spreadsheet-type functionality for AT&T 3B2
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Date: 29 Oct 90 16:35:03 GMT
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I never did understand this fascination with "calculator emulators". It makes
no sense to draw a dinky little keypad on the screen when you have a perfectly
good keyboard right in front of you. I mean, calculators are becoming closer
and closer to handling standard computer expression syntax anyway... because
it's friendlier. Why step backwards to a more hostile environment when you
have "bc" shipped with UNIX?
-- 
Peter da Silva.   `-_-'
+1 713 274 5180.   'U`
peter@ferranti.com