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> They've been trying the "let end users code in an impoverished pseudo programming language" for a long time and at best it only ever takes over small niche.
by robotresearcher 9y ago
> They've been trying the "let end users code in an impoverished pseudo programming language" for a long time and at best it only ever takes over small niche.
I bet spreadsheets are the most common form of programming on the planet. So at best it takes over a very large niche, becomes entirely mainstream and we forget it's programming at all.
(Of course spreadsheets can use 'real' PLs, but most people only use the basic formulas and ranges.)
- contextfree 9y agofrom my POV spreadsheets are code (there's a formula language after all), just laid out differently and with a very different IDE.
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- robotresearcher 9y agoThat's my point. And while niche, the niche is enormous and important. Spreadsheets are a huge success in domain-specific programming for everyone.
- hestefisk 9y agoAnd huge success in functional programming.