On Sun, Jan 28, 2001 at 09:14:12PM -0500, James R. Van Zandt wrote:
>
> I would much prefer that both compatible and correct versions be
> implemented.
There are two distinct questions.
1) replicate poor function interfaces
2) replicate calculation errors
The former is a partial requirement. We have no interest in the
later.
> I can offer two reasons: First, some of us are more interested in
> correctness than Excel compatibility. Second, we can assume that
> Microsoft application writers have some interest in correctness (at
> least, more interest than their colleagues working on operating
> systems :-). Eventually, they are likely to issue a new version of
> Excel with the correct implementation.
Our approach to (1) has been to support two interfaces. One to
match XL and another to supply something more useful.
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