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Lambda support in Excel is quite new though, isn’t it? If the argument is “Excel is a proper programming language because it now supports lambdas”, that implies
by skissane 3y ago
Lambda support in Excel is quite new though, isn’t it? If the argument is “Excel is a proper programming language because it now supports lambdas”, that implies that for most of its existence it hasn’t been one
- wizzwizz4 3y agoWe've had VLOOKUP for a while.
- paulddraper 3y agoThat's a dictionary, not a general function.
- baq 3y agoit works well enough in discrete domains... it's literally the definition of a function - map something to something else.
- paulddraper 3y agoYes, a function is an injection [1]. Abstractly. Listing all possible inputs with their outputs, and then doing a lookup....that's only sometimes useful. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Injective_function https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Injective_function