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Excel is not a program language,we can not code in Excel, VBA is still text-style code. SPL just looks like Excel, it is really a program language, you can code

Excel is not a program language,we can not code in Excel, VBA is still text-style code. SPL just looks like Excel, it is really a program language, you can code and debug in the grid.

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jncfhnb 3y ago
I’m… not sure what you mean. This is also text style code. It’s just text in the cells. With VBA you can make user defined functions and then use them in the cells, which off the top of my head seems superior to stuffing the implementation details in each cell where the same logic is likely to be reused. I don’t feel like I get it from reading this readme. Things like the function option bit seem like harmful features at a glance. I feel like you lose a lot of credibility asserting that excel is not a programming language. It very much is. And both of them are based on the same key feature: using spatial coordinates instead of or in conjunction with a namespace. The debug thing is honestly minor. It’s very counterproductive for you to be negative towards excel. Fans of excel are your MOST LIKELY INTERESTED USERBASE.
- Judyrabbit 3y ago
  It has nothing to do with Excel itself, it just looks like Excel. It is a programmer language like Python,SQL. Although SPL can be used as a plugin to help Excel to deal with some complex calculation, its main use is to do big data and multi-data source computing in application systems
  - jncfhnb 3y ago
    That does not make sense though. Excel is a programming language like Python. It is simply a pure functional reactive programming language that unless you do cursed VBA stuff has no side effects except returning the result of the calculation. And the spatial name space is far more than a visual similarity. It’s a rare, core design feature! Basically the only people who are familiar with the advantages of a spatial name space are excel pros. You should really be advertising how it expands on this. Not claiming there’s no relevance.

Excel is not a program language,we can not code in Excel, VBA is still text-style code. SPL just looks like Excel, it is really a program language, you can code and debug in the grid.

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jncfhnb 3y ago

I’m… not sure what you mean. This is also text style code. It’s just text in the cells. With VBA you can make user defined functions and then use them in the cells, which off the top of my head seems superior to stuffing the implementation details in each cell where the same logic is likely to be reused. I don’t feel like I get it from reading this readme. Things like the function option bit seem like harmful features at a glance. I feel like you lose a lot of credibility asserting that excel is not a programming language. It very much is. And both of them are based on the same key feature: using spatial coordinates instead of or in conjunction with a namespace. The debug thing is honestly minor. It’s very counterproductive for you to be negative towards excel. Fans of excel are your MOST LIKELY INTERESTED USERBASE.

Judyrabbit 3y ago
It has nothing to do with Excel itself, it just looks like Excel. It is a programmer language like Python,SQL. Although SPL can be used as a plugin to help Excel to deal with some complex calculation, its main use is to do big data and multi-data source computing in application systems
- jncfhnb 3y ago
  That does not make sense though. Excel is a programming language like Python. It is simply a pure functional reactive programming language that unless you do cursed VBA stuff has no side effects except returning the result of the calculation. And the spatial name space is far more than a visual similarity. It’s a rare, core design feature! Basically the only people who are familiar with the advantages of a spatial name space are excel pros. You should really be advertising how it expands on this. Not claiming there’s no relevance.