[comp.editors] Ascii Spreadsheet Editor?

redpsam@ucscf.UCSC.EDU (Bart Simpson) (12/17/90)

I am not sure if there is such a thing, but I am looking for a spreadsheet
program that simply reads and writes ascii files, can handle large files,
and is relatively easy to learn. The problem with Lotus or Quattro is that
they are slow and cumbersome, take a lot of memory to run, and many 
students forget to print out their data into ascii files, or loose their
files, or whatever.

Any help will be appreciated.