This brings to mind ResolverOne - a spreadsheet that "compiles" down to python. Basically they had a similar insight - that people who do heavy excel are essent

This brings to mind ResolverOne - a spreadsheet that "compiles" down to python. Basically they had a similar insight - that people who do heavy excel are essentially programming. So they made it easy for devs to convert the spreadsheet to programs by allowing them to be converted directly to code/workflows. I met those guys at PyCon a few years back, and they provided some cool insights that jive with this article: * A spreadsheet is essentially a functional program * Why ask biz/financial analysts to work in a paradigm other than spreadsheet - its been honed to their task over decades now, instead programmers should better work with it. * There are very cool human-in-the-loop workflows that can come out of this symbiosis, let the computers do what they are good at, and the people do their part, rather than force one into the role of the other. Note: I'm not involved in Resolver systems in any way, I just think they have a neat product. Serious questions are probably better directed to them, but I think they are HNers too, so maybe they can chime in.