Lol, young padawan, check up those weird old programs that were called "VisiCalc" and "Lotus 1-2-3".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VisiCalc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_1-2-3
Which were before GUI of any complexity were possible. There was no alternative at the time.
Related, see the insane success and excitement from the early GUI based operating systems.
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Which were before GUI of any complexity were possible. There was no alternative at the time.
Related, see the insane success and excitement from the early GUI based operating systems.