REPLY Open Source Simulation Software (SD6817)

[SDMAIL Bill Harris]

Posted by  Bill Harris <bill_harris at facilitatedsystems.com>

"SDMAIL Tom Fiddaman" <tom at ventanasystems.com> writes:
> In the first case, the problem is that spreadsheets are unstructured, so 
> there isn't an equation set to translate. Manual replication of a 
> spreadsheet is horribly painful (as I can attest, having just done one). 

Tom,

Thanks for the link to Expose; I didn't know of it.  I try never to use
spreadsheets because of the problems they can cause (see
http://www.facilitatedsystems.com/weblog/2006/03/more-on-spreadsheets.html
and its links).  What I find I like is J (http://jsoftware.com/; see
http://www.facilitatedsystems.com/weblog/2005/04/it-figures.html for
background).

Yes, I guess it's programming.  No, it's (probably) not like any
programming you've ever done before.  In fact, those who have never
programmed may have an easier time with J than those who have programmed
much.

Bill
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Bill Harris  
Posted by  Bill Harris <bill_harris at facilitatedsystems.com>
posting date  Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:47:14 -0700