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Subject:Re: Origin of the AT Symbol From:Paul David Marvel <marvel -at- BRAHMS -dot- UDEL -dot- EDU> Date:Tue, 1 Feb 1994 03:08:07 -0500
The first spreadsheet program prefixed functions with @ and called them
"@functions." I've always seen them printed this way but we say
"at-functions."
Paul D. Marvel
marvel -at- brahms -dot- udel -dot- edu
