[theFIRMbss]

>If he coded Excel, he's nowhere near the smartest coder in the world

You two must be young.
Excel is one of the best
programs ever made.

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"...The great implementation of the spreadsheet was not VisiCalc or even Lotus 1-2-3 but Microsoft Excel, which extended the spreadsheet's power and gave businesspeople a variety of calculating tools. Microsoft's claims that it makes great software are open to dispute, but the Excel spreadsheet is here to stay. Nearly everyone is touched by it."

What's The Greatest Software Ever Written?, InformationWeek, From the August 14, 2006 issue

[Yo-Yo]

He may have 'perfected' the spreadsheet, but Bricklin invented the spreadsheet, and that to me takes a much larger leap of intelligence.

[LIConFem]

"Excel is one of the best programs ever made."

I've been developing software for 22 years. I know garbage when I see it. If produced such bug-filled trash as Excel, I'd be working in my aunt's nail salon.