lightly different view/take of excel as a framework for data flow: Excel can be viewed as a visual organizational framework for structuring/arranging/editing d

lightly different view/take of excel as a framework for data flow: Excel can be viewed as a visual organizational framework for structuring/arranging/editing data through graphical user interface[3]. (vs. command line programming languages such as apl and/or awk, implicitly operating on the modern day 'file as a virutal typeset block of utf/ascii characters'[2]). Where excel data flow is based on visual grid flow references, declarative languages hide the grid references (aka memory locations/storage/retreival) behind the scenes. Relative to Excel, goal directed languages such as icon/unicorn[1] completely abstract the data flow. Excell is somewhat a virtual version of 50's/60's patch panels, where excel cell can be just a plug, an electronic feed back, full computer box or whole different electronic box. Less 'grid' and more visual virtual 'patch panel' related : pd[0] python in excell : https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/excel-blog/announcing-python-in-excel-combining-the-power-of-python-and-the/ba-p/3893439 https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/excel-blog/announcing... [0] : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pure_Data https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pure_Data [1] : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icon_(programming_language) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icon_(programming_language) [2] : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typesetting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typesetting [3] : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_programming_language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_programming_language