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When I was in college I had a job working for a physics professor who was studying cellular computation. The hope was that by studying examples in nature of cel
by thedanbob 6y ago
When I was in college I had a job working for a physics professor who was studying cellular computation. The hope was that by studying examples in nature of cellular systems that solved particular problems (e.g. a leaf trying to maximize sunlight absorption while minimizing water loss) we would be able to solve similar problems in the artificial realm. Using his equations I created a cellular automata simulation in Excel with VBA, my first real programming outside of CS classes. Good times.
- Aperocky 6y agoNow that's dedication, I can't imagine doing the same with Excel (though it's definitely possible). I've never tried this but what does coding in excel feels like? Does it feel like an ancient version of scratch?
- thedanbob 6y agoI’ve never tried scratch but I can see the similarity to writing cell functions. VBA is a different beast entirely, it’s more like using a dumbed-down version of JavaScript to manipulate a simpler version of the DOM.