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>spreadsheets have NOT BEEN IMPROVED significantly since VisiCalc Not true. Excel added dynamic-array formulas a few years ago (where a single formula automati
by mcbishop 5y ago
>spreadsheets have NOT BEEN IMPROVED significantly since VisiCalc
Not true. Excel added dynamic-array formulas a few years ago (where a single formula automatically spills into applicable cells below the edited cell) — game changer. And LAMBDA functions are currently in the Excel beta version (create your own (recursive) functions directly in Excel) — another game changer.
- Mengkudulangsat 5y agoThe improvements you mentioned are honestly esoteric. I'm more curious on why we can't have built-in version control, or have unlimited rows, or have a linter in the formula bar in excel by now.
- pjmlp 5y agoYou forgot about the F# flavoured query language as well.