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Geneticists throw hands in the air, change gene naming rules to finally stop Microsoft Excel eating their data

Doctor Syntax Silver badge

"What alternative would you suggest?"

How about an application that tabulates data but defaults formats to text unless told otherwise on a by-column or maybe by-row basis?

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