Comments on: How to use teapot like a pro

By: And then there was one « Motho ke motho ka botho

And then there was one « Motho ke motho ka botho — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 13:34:14 +0000

[...] it’s true that I am a teapot fan — I like teapot for being unconventional and at the same time easy to figure out. sc, [...]

By: Looking for ‘Life: zivot « Motho ke motho ka botho

Looking for ‘Life: zivot « Motho ke motho ka botho — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 22:23:47 +0000

[...] why I couldn’t find a version of Conway’s Game of Life for the console, outside of the demo version packed in teapot or a few semi-eponymous “life” packages intended for graphical [...]

By: Thanks for the $3700, Linux « Motho ke motho ka botho

Thanks for the $3700, Linux « Motho ke motho ka botho — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 13:06:17 +0000

[...] with those facts, and with a sparkly-fresh copy of teapot at my command, I came up with the magic number of US$3700, over a lifetime, for the use of [...]

By: James Brinkerhoff

James Brinkerhoff — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 03:37:45 +0000

Google docs will actually import CSV as a spreadsheet. Thanks for reviewing this application, I had never searched for a console based spreadsheet, but this brings back fond memories of Lotus 123 from the DOS days.

By: zenfunk

zenfunk — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 06:46:08 +0000

We need more of these tutorials.
Yours are well written and get you started on these CLI programs which often have quite a steep learning curve.
Thanks a bunch,
Christian

By: colonelcrayon

colonelcrayon — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 01:27:43 +0000

Thanks! I very much needed this.

By: Rex Rollman

Rex Rollman — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 23:12:48 +0000

Reminds me of a Unix command line program that I used to use a long time ago named “sc”.

By: K.Mandla

K.Mandla — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 20:15:07 +0000

No, no. I like “mathy.” I think it’s perfect. Don’t misunderstand please. Keep “mathy” because really it’s a very good description of what teapot is like. I just kept repeating it because it’s fun (to me) to listen to and it’s particularly accurate.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 19:31:53 +0000

Eh, I hate coming up with descriptions when the author does not provide a good sound bite. “Mathy” was the best one on short notice, considering the description reads like a Haskell mini-language.

Anyway, do feel free to suggest a better summary. I’ll update bump the pkgrel.

By: Steve C

Steve C — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:03:57 +0000

Looks like an interesting alternative to modern spreadhseets.
As a maths-grad I look forward to playing with this!