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> Another way of thinking about this is a spreadsheet with some imperative code within the cells where needed. Uhm, how are cell functions in spreadsheets an e
by blattimwind 8y ago
> Another way of thinking about this is a spreadsheet with some imperative code within the cells where needed.
Uhm, how are cell functions in spreadsheets an example of imperative programming?
- zackmorris 8y agoOh I was thinking of Visual Basic Excel macros, since VB is imperative. I'd like to see a spreadsheet that uses something like Elixer or Clojure though because then any cells that don't have monads could be fully statically analyzed and form a purely declarative solution. In other words, the cells could be decomposed further into cells containing individual functions instead of composed statements. That way the spreadsheet could be transpiled into lisp or a syntax tree. I'm using all these terms loosely, but they are equivalent.