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		akavel 2 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Sc-im: Spreadsheets in your terminal Lol, young padawan, check up those weird old programs that were called "VisiCalc" and "Lotus 1-2-3". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VisiCalc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_1-2-3

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nomel 2 days ago [–]

Which were before GUI of any complexity were possible. There was no alternative at the time.

Related, see the insane success and excitement from the early GUI based operating systems.

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