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Re: sc stands for super computer

From owl <owl@rooftop.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject Re: sc stands for super computer
Date 2017-04-19 20:02 +0000
Organization O.W.L.
Message-ID <zvb0q.gbtiui9@rooftop.invalid> (permalink)
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DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
> On 4/18/2017 12:06 PM, Steve Carroll wrote:
>> On Tuesday, April 18, 2017 at 9:59:37 AM UTC-6, DFS wrote:
>>> On 4/17/2017 10:11 PM, owl wrote:
>>>> DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>> The takeaway: use Microsoft Excel 2007 or later for all your important
>>>>> spreadsheet needs.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Nope.  Use sc.
>>>
>>>
>>> Is that the consensus among the 3 other sc users in the world?
>> 
>> LOL!  The retro coolness of software like sc isn't at all appealing to you?
>> (take your MS shill hat off before you answer)
> 
> 
> To me it's just a toy tool

12 million columns.  2 million rows.

> for quick-n-easy stuff, cloned from 1979's 
> VisiCalc.
> 
> But it's neat you can script it for some things.
> 
> It has an enormous manpage
> http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/wily/man1/sc.1.html
> 

It could stand to be a lot bigger.

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Re: sc stands for super computer DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-17 21:22 -0400
  Re: sc stands for super computer owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-18 02:11 +0000
    Re: sc stands for super computer Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-17 19:23 -0700
    Re: sc stands for super computer DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-18 12:00 -0400
      Re: sc stands for super computer Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-04-18 09:06 -0700
        Re: sc stands for super computer DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-19 14:30 -0400
          Re: sc stands for super computer owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-19 20:02 +0000
            Re: sc stands for super computer DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-19 20:47 -0400
              Re: sc stands for super computer owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-20 02:31 +0000
                Re: sc stands for super computer Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-19 19:48 -0700
      Re: sc stands for super computer Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-18 09:27 -0700
        Re: sc stands for super computer Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-04-18 09:57 -0700
      Re: sc stands for super computer owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-18 19:58 +0000

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