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I love the branding "custom functions without code" right before a bunch of code. Reminds me how early word processors (the person, not the software) were conv

by geocar 6y ago

I love the branding "custom functions without code" right before a bunch of code. Reminds me how early word processors (the person, not the software) were convinced to program word processors (the software this time) just by calling the programs "macros". I'm not joining Microsoft's beta program right now, but I'm curious if anyone knows the data type of a =LAMBDA?

bitwize 6y ago
In the 1970s, secretaries wrote their own extensions to Emacs in Lisp. They were only ever told they were "customizing" the editor, not programming it! (This was Multics Emacs, a predecessor to GNU Emacs.)
- protomyth 6y ago
  "Customizing" is something everyone loves to do in a lot of aspects of our lives. Programming is for those weirdos in IT. Building stacks in HyperCard wasn't programming either it was just writing interactive presentations.
indymike 6y ago
Hmm. A lambda platform that just runs spreadsheets. This is a killer idea.
- fiddlerwoaroof 6y ago
  This is what I thought it was: upload spreadsheet, get API