On Sat, 15 Jul 2017 13:42:48 +1000 Leon Taylor <leontaylor...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I understand that Gnumeric was programmed in C, which means that it was > going to be fast, but LibreOffice Calc and Excel would be programmed in > C++, which is just as fast as C (That is, assuming that it is well > written C++). Hi Leon. Sure someone more expert will show up with more details... C is faster than C++, but not very noticeably so - maybe 10-15%? I think more important is that probably LO and Excel use tools to improve programmer efficiency - which not necessarily means efficiency for the user! And I think really noticeable differences appear from the graphics (screen) management. > What is it that makes Gnumeric so good for crunching numbers? Was it > designed to be that way? >From what I read, the main concern of Gnumeric design was Excel compatibility. Though I have tried a few times to use the Libreoffice spreadsheet, little annoyances always make me come back to Gnumeric. Kudos for the team! John _______________________________________________ gnumeric-list mailing list gnumeric-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnumeric-list
