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Great responses. Thank you. Subtext does seem like an interesting attempt to expand the kinds of problems spreadsheets can solve.
by hathawsh 5y ago
Great responses. Thank you. Subtext does seem like an interesting attempt to expand the kinds of problems spreadsheets can solve.
- kragen 5y agoSubtext isn't a spreadsheet, so I don't think it's fair to describe it as an "attempt to expand the kinds of problems spreadsheets can solve".
- TuringTest 5y agoIt works to solve the same space of problems, so at least it's fair to compare it as an alternative. As I said elsewhere, it's a pity that its chosen license works directly against widespread adoption. I may take a look at how it's done to gather some implementation ideas, but I would never depend on it for any project that have a chance of growth.
- kragen 5y agoIt doesn't work to solve the same space of problems as spreadsheets either, nor is it fair to compare it as an alternative, except in the sense that any programming language is an alternative to spreadsheets. The thing here that's licensed in a not-very-useful manner is a prototype of a prototype, less complete than some previous iterations of Subtext, and in particular without implementation ideas.
- TuringTest 5y agoThe author explicitly says that it "is searching for the missing link between spreadsheets and programming", so I gather form that that JonathanMEdwards actually thinks of this as fulfilling the role of spreadsheets in "build[ing] simple custom apps without learning to program". Other programming languages are not alternatives to spreadsheets in that sense.