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by netsharc 1322 days ago
I don't remember where I read this (and my summary might be off) but the computerized spreadsheet is a great invention because it's a programming environment for non-programmers.

"I need to input a number of variables and find their sum and average [or even more]. And I need to see how the outputs change if I change an input...".