The author explicitly says that it "is searching for the missing link between spreadsheets and programming", so I gather form that that JonathanMEdwards actuall

The 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.