I call these branching libraries. Definition: Use one kind of thing as another kind of thing. Given X {scenario,state,message,event,format} do Y Generics get

I call these branching libraries. Definition: Use one kind of thing as another kind of thing. Given X {scenario,state,message,event,format} do Y Generics gets us some of the way to what we want. https://github.com/samsquire/ideas#48-branching-libraries https://github.com/samsquire/ideas#48-branching-libraries Using a database as a spreadsheet or a spreadsheet as a database, using a spreadsheet as a functional programming language or bash pipeline editor with each cell being the output of that pipeline step. Or reactive programming with spreadsheets. I am trying to solve the expression problem. To introduce a new thing into an old thing you typically need to implement hundreds of functions on an interface. A nexus that composes is what the industry needs