Re: "complete installation package" / static binary / results cells

[Allin Cottrell <cottrell wfu edu>]

On Mon, 11 Feb 2008, Uri David Akavia wrote:

> If you want results, you save as text.
> If you want the formula, you save as Gnumeric, XLS, whatever. The
> results of the formula are dependent on the version, the big-endian
> status of the machine and the possibly the distribution and the
> specific hardware you're running on (not to mention some strange
> interactions).

Formula results are not dependent on the endianness of the 
machine, for the spreadsheet file formats that store both formula 
and result (XLS, ODS, and I suppose OOXML).  They're stored in 
some known canonical format, typically as 'C' locale text or 
little-endian doubles.  They might depend on hardware etc for 
specially complex/sensitive calculations.

Allin Cottrell