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BOOM!

Started byowl <owl@rooftop.invalid>
First post2017-04-14 17:07 +0000
Last post2017-04-17 08:23 -0700
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  BOOM! owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-14 17:07 +0000
    Re: BOOM! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-14 13:33 -0400
      Re: BOOM! owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-14 17:49 +0000
        Re: BOOM! fr314159@gmail.com - 2017-04-14 13:00 -0700
          Re: BOOM! owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-14 20:26 +0000
            Re: BOOM! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-15 10:00 -0400
        Re: BOOM! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-14 19:58 -0400
          Re: BOOM! owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-15 00:14 +0000
            Re: BOOM! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-14 20:23 -0400
              Re: BOOM! owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-15 00:51 +0000
                Re: BOOM! Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-14 18:02 -0700
                Re: BOOM! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-14 21:30 -0400
                  Re: BOOM! owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-15 01:48 +0000
                    Re: BOOM! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-15 10:00 -0400
                      Re: BOOM! owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-15 19:29 +0000
                        Re: BOOM! Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2017-04-15 16:24 -0400
                          Re: BOOM! owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-15 21:10 +0000
                        Re: BOOM! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-15 18:42 -0400
                          Re: BOOM! owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-15 23:31 +0000
                            Re: BOOM! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-15 20:29 -0400
                              Re: BOOM! owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-16 05:25 +0000
                                Re: BOOM! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-16 19:49 -0400
                                  Re: BOOM! owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-17 00:51 +0000
                                    Re: BOOM! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-17 12:54 -0400
                                      Re: BOOM! Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-04-17 10:06 -0700
                                        Re: BOOM! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-17 19:28 -0400
                                          Re: BOOM! Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-04-17 17:21 -0700
                                            Re: BOOM! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-19 09:41 -0400
                                              Re: BOOM! fr314159@gmail.com - 2017-04-19 07:48 -0700
                                                Re: BOOM! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-19 14:21 -0400
                                                  Re: BOOM! Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-19 11:36 -0700
                                                  Re: BOOM! owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-19 20:03 +0000
                                                    Re: BOOM! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-19 16:24 -0400
                                              Re: BOOM! Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-04-19 08:37 -0700
                                              Re: BOOM! owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-19 17:50 +0000
                                                Re: BOOM! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-19 14:32 -0400
                                      Re: BOOM! Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-17 10:26 -0700
                                        Ping DFS! - Re: BOOM! Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-04-17 10:34 -0700
                                          Re: Ping DFS! - Re: BOOM! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-17 19:25 -0400
                                            Re: Ping DFS! - Re: BOOM! Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-17 16:45 -0700
                                              Re: Ping DFS! - Re: BOOM! Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-04-17 17:29 -0700
                                                Re: Ping DFS! - ReBOOM! Fakey's Puppy Whistle Holder Emeritus 🐶笛 <root@127.0.0.1> - 2017-04-17 19:58 -0500
                                                  Re: Ping DFS! - ReBOOM! Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-17 18:12 -0700
                                                    Re: Ping DFS! - ReBOOM! Fakey's Puppy Whistle Holder Emeritus 🐶笛 <root@127.0.0.1> - 2017-04-17 20:25 -0500
                                                      Re: Ping DFS! - ReBOOM! Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-17 18:46 -0700
                                                        Re: Ping DFS! - ReBOOM! Fakey's Puppy Whistle Holder Emeritus 🐶笛 <root@127.0.0.1> - 2017-04-17 21:20 -0500
                                                          Re: Ping DFS! - ReBOOM! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-22 21:04 -0400
                                                            Re: Ping DFS! - ReBOOM! Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-22 18:20 -0700
                                                              Re: Ping DFS! - ReBOOM! Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-04-22 19:12 -0700
                                                                Re: Ping DFS! - ReBOOM! Silver Slimer <sl@im.er> - 2017-04-24 08:14 -0400
                                                                  Re: Ping DFS! - ReBOOM! Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-24 09:36 -0700
                                                                  Re: Ping DFS! - ReBOOM! Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-04-24 09:52 -0700
                                                                    Re: Ping DFS! - ReBOOM! Silver Slimer <sl@im.er> - 2017-04-24 17:36 -0400
                                                                      Re: Ping DFS! - ReBOOM! Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-24 14:39 -0700
                                                            Re: Ping DFS! - ReBOOM! Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-04-22 19:23 -0700
                                                            Re: Ping DFS! - ReBOOM! Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-04-22 21:37 -0500
                                                              Re: Ping DFS! - ReBOOM! Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-22 22:55 -0700
                                                    Re: Ping DFS! - ReBOOM! Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-04-17 19:00 -0700
                                      Re: BOOM! owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-17 17:29 +0000
                                        Re: BOOM! Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-17 10:34 -0700
                                        Re: BOOM! owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-17 17:49 +0000
                                        Re: BOOM! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-17 19:25 -0400
                                          Re: BOOM! owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-18 00:06 +0000
                                            Re: BOOM! Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-17 17:28 -0700
                                        Re: BOOM! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-18 12:00 -0400
                                          Re: BOOM! Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-18 09:28 -0700
                                          Re: BOOM! owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-18 20:11 +0000
                                            Re: BOOM! Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-18 13:13 -0700
                                            Re: BOOM! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-19 15:36 -0400
                                              Re: BOOM! Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-19 12:44 -0700
                                              Re: BOOM! owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-19 19:59 +0000
                                                Re: BOOM! Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-19 13:17 -0700
                                                Re: BOOM! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-20 00:54 -0400
                                                  Re: BOOM! owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-20 07:02 +0000
                                                    Re: BOOM! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-20 21:46 -0400
                                                      Re: BOOM! owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-21 02:20 +0000
                                                        Re: BOOM! Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-20 19:44 -0700
                                                        Re: BOOM! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-20 23:40 -0400
                                                          Re: BOOM! owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-21 13:40 +0000
                                                            Re: BOOM! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-21 09:54 -0400
                                                              Re: BOOM! owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-21 14:01 +0000
            Re: BOOM! Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-14 17:37 -0700
            Re: BOOM! Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2017-04-15 06:41 -0400
    Re: BOOM! Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2017-04-14 13:34 -0400
    Re: BOOM! John McCue <jmccue@jmcnet2.bstnma.east.verizon.net> - 2017-04-15 21:33 +0000
      Re: BOOM! chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-17 07:09 -0500
        Re: BOOM! John McCue <jmccue@jmcnet2.bstnma.east.verizon.net> - 2017-04-18 22:46 +0000
          Re: BOOM! owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-18 23:08 +0000
            Re: BOOM! Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-18 16:32 -0700
            Re: BOOM! John McCue <jmccue@jmcnet2.bstnma.east.verizon.net> - 2017-04-21 02:02 +0000
          Re: BOOM! Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-18 16:30 -0700
      Re: BOOM! Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-17 08:23 -0700

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#408385 — BOOM!

Fromowl <owl@rooftop.invalid>
Date2017-04-14 17:07 +0000
SubjectBOOM!
Message-ID<axuv0q.hyue@rooftop.invalid>
sc now has 2097150 rows x 475254 columns

http://imgur.com/a/AMCJu
https://vid.me/0Nm2

But don't try for that last cell unless you got some megarams!

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#408395

FromDFS <nospam@dfs.com>
Date2017-04-14 13:33 -0400
Message-ID<ocr0sh$5v6$3@dont-email.me>
In reply to#408385
On 4/14/2017 1:07 PM, owl wrote:
> sc now has 2097150 rows x 475254 columns
> 
> http://imgur.com/a/AMCJu
> https://vid.me/0Nm2
> 
> But don't try for that last cell unless you got some megarams!


Can you move to row 2097150 col 475254 and enter a formula?

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#408405

Fromowl <owl@rooftop.invalid>
Date2017-04-14 17:49 +0000
Message-ID<azb893.bhue03@rooftop.invalid>
In reply to#408395
DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
> On 4/14/2017 1:07 PM, owl wrote:
>> sc now has 2097150 rows x 475254 columns
>> 
>> http://imgur.com/a/AMCJu
>> https://vid.me/0Nm2
>> 
>> But don't try for that last cell unless you got some megarams!
> 
> 
> Can you move to row 2097150 col 475254 and enter a formula?

Theoretically, yes.  But I don't have the RAM.
It allocates on the fly, and zzzz2097150 takes way more than
I have.  But it's still cool though, because it give you
flexibility within your limits.

Here's a sum where a0 also holds value 1:
http://imgur.com/a/w1nph

I may push the column limit up into the millions just for the hell
of it.

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#408430

Fromfr314159@gmail.com
Date2017-04-14 13:00 -0700
Message-ID<e04fa9b3-113b-4ea3-a2c4-6b73b24b407b@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#408405
On Friday, April 14, 2017 at 1:49:21 PM UTC-4, owl wrote:

> 
> I may push the column limit up into the millions just for the hell
> of it.
>

Congratulations!

Now you can record all of your bank transactions from now until
the year 6348 A.D.

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!

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#408434

Fromowl <owl@rooftop.invalid>
Date2017-04-14 20:26 +0000
Message-ID<z9v8893.ahy@rooftop.invalid>
In reply to#408430
fr314159@gmail.com wrote:
> On Friday, April 14, 2017 at 1:49:21 PM UTC-4, owl wrote:
> 
>> 
>> I may push the column limit up into the millions just for the hell
>> of it.
>>
> 
> Congratulations!
> 
> Now you can record all of your bank transactions from now until
> the year 6348 A.D.
> 

Or until you lose your virginity, whichever comes first.

> Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
> 

IKR

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#408489

FromDFS <nospam@dfs.com>
Date2017-04-15 10:00 -0400
Message-ID<oct8rr$dlg$4@dont-email.me>
In reply to#408434
On 4/14/2017 4:26 PM, owl wrote:
> fr314159@gmail.com wrote:
>> On Friday, April 14, 2017 at 1:49:21 PM UTC-4, owl wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I may push the column limit up into the millions just for the hell
>>> of it.
>>>
>>
>> Congratulations!
>>
>> Now you can record all of your bank transactions from now until
>> the year 6348 A.D.
>>
> 
> Or until you lose your virginity, whichever comes first.


Even Marti - who's not exactly known for high standards - wouldn't do 
the nasty with Feeb.

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#408454

FromDFS <nospam@dfs.com>
Date2017-04-14 19:58 -0400
Message-ID<ocrnii$iqu$2@dont-email.me>
In reply to#408405
On 4/14/2017 1:49 PM, owl wrote:


> I may push the column limit up into the millions just for the hell
> of it.


beat that horse...

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#408456

Fromowl <owl@rooftop.invalid>
Date2017-04-15 00:14 +0000
Message-ID<azv00fag4.a8@rooftop.invalid>
In reply to#408454
DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
> On 4/14/2017 1:49 PM, owl wrote:
> 
> 
>> I may push the column limit up into the millions just for the hell
>> of it.
> 
> 
> beat that horse...

Poor dead horse Excel 2016 -- pwnage hand-delivered from 1982.

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#408461

FromDFS <nospam@dfs.com>
Date2017-04-14 20:23 -0400
Message-ID<ocrp18$mnk$2@dont-email.me>
In reply to#408456
On 4/14/2017 8:14 PM, owl wrote:
> DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
>> On 4/14/2017 1:49 PM, owl wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I may push the column limit up into the millions just for the hell
>>> of it.
>>
>>
>> beat that horse...
> 
> Poor dead horse Excel 2016 -- pwnage hand-delivered from 1982.


If you can't reach the cell, does it exist?



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#408467

Fromowl <owl@rooftop.invalid>
Date2017-04-15 00:51 +0000
Message-ID<azv003a.ghuru@rooftop.invalid>
In reply to#408461
DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
> On 4/14/2017 8:14 PM, owl wrote:
>> DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
>>> On 4/14/2017 1:49 PM, owl wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> I may push the column limit up into the millions just for the hell
>>>> of it.
>>>
>>>
>>> beat that horse...
>> 
>> Poor dead horse Excel 2016 -- pwnage hand-delivered from 1982.
> 
> 
> If you can't reach the cell, does it exist?
> 

Can you reach cell XFD1048575 (counting from 0) on your Excel 2016?
17 billion 8-byte pointers.  Go for it. 

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#408468

FromSnit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
Date2017-04-14 18:02 -0700
Message-ID<D516BF46.9F141%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
In reply to#408467
On 4/14/17, 5:51 PM, in article azv003a.ghuru@rooftop.invalid, "owl"
<owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:

> DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
>> On 4/14/2017 8:14 PM, owl wrote:
>>> DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
>>>> On 4/14/2017 1:49 PM, owl wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> I may push the column limit up into the millions just for the hell
>>>>> of it.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> beat that horse...
>>> 
>>> Poor dead horse Excel 2016 -- pwnage hand-delivered from 1982.
>> 
>> 
>> If you can't reach the cell, does it exist?
>> 
> 
> Can you reach cell XFD1048575 (counting from 0) on your Excel 2016?
> 17 billion 8-byte pointers.  Go for it.
> 
<http://imgur.com/xSMpLuZ>

Come on, Owl, beat that! You can see cell AAAAAF:1000000000000

I said 10 trillion before... really is 1 quadrillion. Sorry for the error.
Over 8 billion by 1 quadrillion... more than 8 sextillion cells.

Can you beat that?

-- 
Personal attacks from those who troll show their own insecurity. They cannot
use reason to show the message to be wrong so they try to feel somehow
superior by attacking the messenger.

They cling to their attacks and ignore the message time and time again.

<https://youtu.be/H4NW-Cqh308>

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#408469

FromDFS <nospam@dfs.com>
Date2017-04-14 21:30 -0400
Message-ID<ocrst8$oof$2@dont-email.me>
In reply to#408467
On 4/14/2017 8:51 PM, owl wrote:
> DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
>> On 4/14/2017 8:14 PM, owl wrote:
>>> DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
>>>> On 4/14/2017 1:49 PM, owl wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I may push the column limit up into the millions just for the hell
>>>>> of it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> beat that horse...
>>>
>>> Poor dead horse Excel 2016 -- pwnage hand-delivered from 1982.
>>
>>
>> If you can't reach the cell, does it exist?
>>
> 
> Can you reach cell XFD1048575 (counting from 0) on your Excel 2016?
> 17 billion 8-byte pointers.  Go for it.


Done Mar 2007 (10 years ago) in Excel 2007.  I was running 1GB or 2GB of 
RAM then.

http://www.angelfire.com/planet/dfs0/XFD1048576.png

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#408471

Fromowl <owl@rooftop.invalid>
Date2017-04-15 01:48 +0000
Message-ID<azx8c902.b@rooftop.invalid>
In reply to#408469
DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
> On 4/14/2017 8:51 PM, owl wrote:
>> DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
>>> On 4/14/2017 8:14 PM, owl wrote:
>>>> DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
>>>>> On 4/14/2017 1:49 PM, owl wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> I may push the column limit up into the millions just for the hell
>>>>>> of it.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> beat that horse...
>>>>
>>>> Poor dead horse Excel 2016 -- pwnage hand-delivered from 1982.
>>>
>>>
>>> If you can't reach the cell, does it exist?
>>>
>> 
>> Can you reach cell XFD1048575 (counting from 0) on your Excel 2016?
>> 17 billion 8-byte pointers.  Go for it.
> 
> 
> Done Mar 2007 (10 years ago) in Excel 2007.  I was running 1GB or 2GB of 
> RAM then.
> 
> http://www.angelfire.com/planet/dfs0/XFD1048576.png
> 

How much swap?
 

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#408488

FromDFS <nospam@dfs.com>
Date2017-04-15 10:00 -0400
Message-ID<oct8qh$dlg$3@dont-email.me>
In reply to#408471
On 4/14/2017 9:48 PM, owl wrote:
> DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
>> On 4/14/2017 8:51 PM, owl wrote:
>>> DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
>>>> On 4/14/2017 8:14 PM, owl wrote:
>>>>> DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
>>>>>> On 4/14/2017 1:49 PM, owl wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I may push the column limit up into the millions just for
>>>>>>> the hell of it.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> beat that horse...
>>>>> 
>>>>> Poor dead horse Excel 2016 -- pwnage hand-delivered from
>>>>> 1982.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> If you can't reach the cell, does it exist?
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> Can you reach cell XFD1048575 (counting from 0) on your Excel
>>> 2016? 17 billion 8-byte pointers.  Go for it.
>> 
>> 
>> Done Mar 2007 (10 years ago) in Excel 2007.  I was running 1GB or
>> 2GB of RAM then.
>> 
>> http://www.angelfire.com/planet/dfs0/XFD1048576.png
>> 
> 
> How much swap?


Whatever the default was.

There were no speed issues, even with low memory.  Excel and Access have 
always been exceedingly fast on Windows.  Apparently the older versions 
were written in C and assembler.

http://www.lextrait.com/vincent/implementations.html

Access SELECTS and sorts best every db I've ever used.

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#408566

Fromowl <owl@rooftop.invalid>
Date2017-04-15 19:29 +0000
Message-ID<ahjxv03.agu4@rooftop.invalid>
In reply to#408488
DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
> On 4/14/2017 9:48 PM, owl wrote:
>> DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
>>> On 4/14/2017 8:51 PM, owl wrote:
>>>> DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
>>>>> On 4/14/2017 8:14 PM, owl wrote:
>>>>>> DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> On 4/14/2017 1:49 PM, owl wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I may push the column limit up into the millions just for
>>>>>>>> the hell of it.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> beat that horse...
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Poor dead horse Excel 2016 -- pwnage hand-delivered from
>>>>>> 1982.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> If you can't reach the cell, does it exist?
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Can you reach cell XFD1048575 (counting from 0) on your Excel
>>>> 2016? 17 billion 8-byte pointers.  Go for it.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Done Mar 2007 (10 years ago) in Excel 2007.  I was running 1GB or
>>> 2GB of RAM then.
>>> 
>>> http://www.angelfire.com/planet/dfs0/XFD1048576.png
>>> 
>> 
>> How much swap?
> 
> 
> Whatever the default was.
> 
> There were no speed issues, even with low memory.  Excel and Access have 
> always been exceedingly fast on Windows.  Apparently the older versions 
> were written in C and assembler.
> 
> http://www.lextrait.com/vincent/implementations.html
> 
> Access SELECTS and sorts best every db I've ever used.
> 

Obviously Excel is using a different allocation strategy.  SC allocates
for pointers for every cell in the range bounded by A0 and the outermost
vertex cell.  So the question becomes, if Excel doesn't even allocate
pointers for those cells, do *they* even exist?  I'm going to dedicate
a 1TB usb drive for swap and give it a test run under sc using Excel's
approximate row/column limits.  A nearly empty file should come in
at under 150 GB even assuming some reserve allocation. 

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#408568

FromChris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us>
Date2017-04-15 16:24 -0400
Message-ID<octvqc$rqe$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#408566
owl wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

> DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
>> 
>> There were no speed issues, even with low memory.  Excel and Access have 
>> always been exceedingly fast on Windows.  Apparently the older versions 
>> were written in C and assembler.
>> 
>> http://www.lextrait.com/vincent/implementations.html
>> 
>> Access SELECTS and sorts best every db I've ever used.

I wonder... has DFS used MySQL (which used to beat the crap out of other
databases for speed), or Oracle, or PostgreSQL, or sqlite, or a NoSQL
database?

> Obviously Excel is using a different allocation strategy.  SC allocates
> for pointers for every cell in the range bounded by A0 and the outermost
> vertex cell.  So the question becomes, if Excel doesn't even allocate
> pointers for those cells, do *they* even exist?  I'm going to dedicate
> a 1TB usb drive for swap and give it a test run under sc using Excel's
> approximate row/column limits.  A nearly empty file should come in
> at under 150 GB even assuming some reserve allocation. 

Makes no sense why any implementation would allow that.

-- 
You'll never see all the places, or read all the books, but fortunately,
they're not all recommended.

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#408577

Fromowl <owl@rooftop.invalid>
Date2017-04-15 21:10 +0000
Message-ID<azc800g3.bh@rooftop.invalid>
In reply to#408568
Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote:
> owl wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
> 
>> DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> There were no speed issues, even with low memory.  Excel and Access have 
>>> always been exceedingly fast on Windows.  Apparently the older versions 
>>> were written in C and assembler.
>>> 
>>> http://www.lextrait.com/vincent/implementations.html
>>> 
>>> Access SELECTS and sorts best every db I've ever used.
> 
> I wonder... has DFS used MySQL (which used to beat the crap out of other
> databases for speed), or Oracle, or PostgreSQL, or sqlite, or a NoSQL
> database?
> 
>> Obviously Excel is using a different allocation strategy.  SC allocates
>> for pointers for every cell in the range bounded by A0 and the outermost
>> vertex cell.  So the question becomes, if Excel doesn't even allocate
>> pointers for those cells, do *they* even exist?  I'm going to dedicate
>> a 1TB usb drive for swap and give it a test run under sc using Excel's
>> approximate row/column limits.  A nearly empty file should come in
>> at under 150 GB even assuming some reserve allocation. 
> 
> Makes no sense why any implementation would allow that.
> 

Allow what?

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#408602

FromDFS <nospam@dfs.com>
Date2017-04-15 18:42 -0400
Message-ID<ocu7e4$mo9$4@dont-email.me>
In reply to#408566
On 4/15/2017 3:29 PM, owl wrote:
> DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
>> On 4/14/2017 9:48 PM, owl wrote:
>>> DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
>>>> On 4/14/2017 8:51 PM, owl wrote:
>>>>> DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
>>>>>> On 4/14/2017 8:14 PM, owl wrote:
>>>>>>> DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 4/14/2017 1:49 PM, owl wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I may push the column limit up into the millions just for
>>>>>>>>> the hell of it.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> beat that horse...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Poor dead horse Excel 2016 -- pwnage hand-delivered from
>>>>>>> 1982.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If you can't reach the cell, does it exist?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Can you reach cell XFD1048575 (counting from 0) on your Excel
>>>>> 2016? 17 billion 8-byte pointers.  Go for it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Done Mar 2007 (10 years ago) in Excel 2007.  I was running 1GB or
>>>> 2GB of RAM then.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.angelfire.com/planet/dfs0/XFD1048576.png
>>>>
>>>
>>> How much swap?
>>
>>
>> Whatever the default was.
>>
>> There were no speed issues, even with low memory.  Excel and Access have
>> always been exceedingly fast on Windows.  Apparently the older versions
>> were written in C and assembler.
>>
>> http://www.lextrait.com/vincent/implementations.html
>>
>> Access SELECTS and sorts best every db I've ever used.
>>
> 
> Obviously Excel is using a different allocation strategy.  

Microsoft is smarter than sc.


> SC allocates for pointers for every cell in the range bounded by A0 and the outermost
> vertex cell.  

It does that allocation just moving to the cell location?  That seems wonky.



> So the question becomes, if Excel doesn't even allocate
> pointers for those cells, do *they* even exist?  

I showed you they exist.

If I can instantly reach the outermost cell in Excel - or any cell in 
between - and enter data (as shown) and apply all the same functionality 
to those cells that I can in the range A1:F10, with no discernable 
difference in speed, there is no question.


> I'm going to dedicate
> a 1TB usb drive for swap and give it a test run under sc using Excel's
> approximate row/column limits.  

Whip that horse until it foams and drops.



> A nearly empty file should come in
> at under 150 GB even assuming some reserve allocation.

You're talking about saving a file with a little bit of text or formulas 
in the first few and the outermost few cell(s), right?  Why would you 
expect it to be 150GB?  If it is that big, something's way wrong.

I would try to save such a file with Excel 2007 but I'm running 2003 and 
MS makes it a hassle to run 2 versions of Office (you can only have one 
version of Outlook installed at a time).

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#408611

Fromowl <owl@rooftop.invalid>
Date2017-04-15 23:31 +0000
Message-ID<ahzuv9903.agy83@rooftop.invalid>
In reply to#408602
DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
> On 4/15/2017 3:29 PM, owl wrote:
>> DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
>>> On 4/14/2017 9:48 PM, owl wrote:
>>>> DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
>>>>> On 4/14/2017 8:51 PM, owl wrote:
>>>>>> DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> On 4/14/2017 8:14 PM, owl wrote:
>>>>>>>> DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 4/14/2017 1:49 PM, owl wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I may push the column limit up into the millions just for
>>>>>>>>>> the hell of it.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> beat that horse...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Poor dead horse Excel 2016 -- pwnage hand-delivered from
>>>>>>>> 1982.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If you can't reach the cell, does it exist?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Can you reach cell XFD1048575 (counting from 0) on your Excel
>>>>>> 2016? 17 billion 8-byte pointers.  Go for it.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Done Mar 2007 (10 years ago) in Excel 2007.  I was running 1GB or
>>>>> 2GB of RAM then.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.angelfire.com/planet/dfs0/XFD1048576.png
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> How much swap?
>>>
>>>
>>> Whatever the default was.
>>>
>>> There were no speed issues, even with low memory.  Excel and Access have
>>> always been exceedingly fast on Windows.  Apparently the older versions
>>> were written in C and assembler.
>>>
>>> http://www.lextrait.com/vincent/implementations.html
>>>
>>> Access SELECTS and sorts best every db I've ever used.
>>>
>> 
>> Obviously Excel is using a different allocation strategy.  
> 
> Microsoft is smarter than sc.
> 

Microsoft is faking it.

> 
>> SC allocates for pointers for every cell in the range bounded by A0 and the outermost
>> vertex cell.  
> 
> It does that allocation just moving to the cell location?  That seems wonky.
> 
> 

It's called not faking it.  Location in a grid requires that the
grid actually exists.  Otherwise, you end up with something like
what the fakester Excel gives you:  just a cell with a meaningless
name.

> 
>> So the question becomes, if Excel doesn't even allocate
>> pointers for those cells, do *they* even exist?  
> 
> I showed you they exist.
> 

No, you showed text data in one cell that had no reference to
any other cells.

> If I can instantly reach the outermost cell in Excel - or any cell in 
> between - and enter data (as shown) and apply all the same functionality 
> to those cells that I can in the range A1:F10, with no discernable 
> difference in speed, there is no question.
> 

Try summing the range.  Although I wouldn't be surprised if Excel fakes
that too, given how fake it's shown itself to be already.

> 
>> I'm going to dedicate
>> a 1TB usb drive for swap and give it a test run under sc using Excel's
>> approximate row/column limits.  
> 
> Whip that horse until it foams and drops.
> 

Whipped and foaming as it crosses the finish line first.

> 
> 
>> A nearly empty file should come in
>> at under 150 GB even assuming some reserve allocation.
> 
> You're talking about saving a file with a little bit of text or formulas 
> in the first few and the outermost few cell(s), right?  Why would you 
> expect it to be 150GB?  If it is that big, something's way wrong.
>

Not on disk.  On disk it's tiny.

 
> I would try to save such a file with Excel 2007 but I'm running 2003 and 
> MS makes it a hassle to run 2 versions of Office (you can only have one 
> version of Outlook installed at a time).
> 

Why are you running such an old version?  If they clash, get yourself
a VM and run it that way.

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#408627

FromDFS <nospam@dfs.com>
Date2017-04-15 20:29 -0400
Message-ID<ocudki$6ni$2@dont-email.me>
In reply to#408611
On 4/15/2017 7:31 PM, owl wrote:

> Microsoft is faking it.

> It's called not faking it.  Location in a grid requires that the
> grid actually exists.  Otherwise, you end up with something like
> what the fakester Excel gives you:  just a cell with a meaningless
> name.

> No, you showed text data in one cell that had no reference to
> any other cells.

> Try summing the range.  Although I wouldn't be surprised if Excel fakes
> that too, given how fake it's shown itself to be already.

> Whipped and foaming as it crosses the finish line first.


?!  Obvious desperation is obvious.




Excel 2003: 65536 x 256 = 16.78 million cells
set A1 = 1
set IV65535 = 1
set IV65536 = Sum(A1:IV65535) = 2

Sum is instantaneous.  A number entered anywhere is instantly reflected 
in the sum.

Fill every row but the last with 1 to 256.
One sum formula in the bottom-right cell = 2155806464
16776960 cells contain a value, and 1 cell contains a formula

http://imgur.com/a/fXS45

That file saves, and opens, in ~2 seconds, and is 101MB.

Extrapolating to the 17.18B cells of Excel 2007, the file would be 1024x 
as large, or 103.4GB.



> Why are you running such an old version?  

Habit, and a boatload of 2003 code and apps.



> If they clash, get yourself
> a VM and run it that way.

Not worth the time or effort.

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