Reading and writing simple spreadsheets is well - simple - but things quickly get out of hand because spreadsheet creators/programmers make some of the most creative messes you will find.
I'd venture that disentangling spreadsheet messes consumes a sizable fraction of IT/analyst time these days. A better solution is to read SQL style databases. The data is far more structured and you can actually create reasonably comprehensive solutions. Of course this is not much help to beginners. On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 9:00 PM, Vijay Lulla <[email protected]> wrote: > That sure looks like a nice course and I too wish I could've taken > such a course. Thanks for sharing. > > Vijay. > > > On a related topic, Kevin Lawler (author of Kona among other things) > pointed this course out to me the other day; a course on approximate > solutions to computationally hard problems taught in K. Man, I wish I had > taken such a course, taught in K or J. It looks mind melting. > > > > http://cs.nyu.edu/courses/fall11/CSCI-GA.2965-001/ > > > > > > -SL > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- John D. Baker [email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
