Comment by robertlagrant
1 month ago
> It can be anything, but first it has to be something specific.
Spreadsheets definitely feel more like a platform. They aren't specific to what they started out on - they're very general purpose. The metaphor of "grid of numbers you can do stuff with" is extremely not-product-specific.
Spreadsheets were originally designed to mimic the paper spreadsheets accountants used.
Only with the addition of macro languages did they become do-everything platforms.