Perhaps it was "fixed" to allow multi-threaded calculations, or to improve
performance of calculations in the new large grid. I don't think MS has the
resources to rewrite code for the sake of rewriting code.

- Jon
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"James Silverton" wrote in message
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Jim wrote on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:38:51 -0700:


JC And apparently discovered / reported by a " Molham Serry"
JC in the Public.Excel group on the 22nd.
JC http://tinyurl.com/338gjd (146 messages)
JC --
JC Jim Cone

I wasn't implying that I had discovered anything about the binary
representation except to wonder if it might be some sort of overflow
problem and a prime example of warning programmers "If it ain't broke
don't fix it".


James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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