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		vba on July 7, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Scaling our spreadsheet engine from thousands to b... I also worked on Excel and in the calc code. XOpers, LBLs… it’s all coming back. We never figured out what the Hungarian prefixes kml and ptg stood for. There was a rumor kml might be the initials of duanec’s girlfriend Recalc or die

aksx on July 7, 2022 [–]

PTG => Parse Thingy: https://poi.apache.org/apidocs/dev/org/apache/poi/ss/formula...

vba on July 9, 2022 | [–]

I have heard it call that before by teammates but thought it was just a guess. Seems it’s official

Thanks for sharing :)

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