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		howeyc on July 24, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to implement a spreadsheet Indeed. In fact I liked it so much that I wrote a program very similar that can read/write such files on Windows[1]. I couldn't find how to compile the original on Windows. The file format is pretty simple. At least for the spreadsheets I create. As a side note, I love text-based (or extremely simple) file formats. So easy to write tools for them. [1] http://github.com/howeyc/sc

ape4 on July 24, 2015 [–]

Yes, what a very nice format:

    # This data file was generated by the Spreadsheet Calculator.
    # You almost certainly shouldn't edit it.
    let A0 = 45
    let A1 = 56
    let A2 = @sum(A0:A1)

hayd on July 24, 2015 | [–]

pffft, xml is obviously a better choice for a serious spreadsheet engine... \s

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