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"backend" seemed to imply it was contacting some server, but https://github.com/ironcalc/ironcalc#early-testing https://github.com/ironcalc/ironcalc#early-testi

"backend" seemed to imply it was contacting some server, but https://github.com/ironcalc/ironcalc#early-testing https://github.com/ironcalc/ironcalc#early-testing claims (and the network tab confirms) it is just Rust compiled to wasm, no "backend" required MIT or Apache 2 (player's choice) if anyone else has grown deeply suspicious about any "open source" HN headlines of late

fsckboy 2y ago
backend does not imply server to me, it implies software that does the calculating engine work and does not concern itself with display refresh.
- deleted 2y ago
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- readthenotes1 2y ago
  In code that typically runs in on e process, that's a plausible interpretation. However, the browser, sorry, the Internet browser, is typically a distributed system and a more plausible interpretation of backend is server-side. IMNSHO.
- ninalanyon 2y ago
  Surely that's background not backend.
  - 8n4vidtmkvmk 2y ago
    I wouldn't call it background unless maybe it's async or continues to process stuff while you're doing other things.
  - fsckboy 2y ago
    what's the backend of a spreadsheet engine going to be doing? updating the datastructures of the spreadsheet. is it going to be local or remote? that's not part of the question. is it foreground or background? that's an implementation choice. apple II, yeah, everything freezes while it recalcs. windows? recalcs when it can, don't let the mouse freeze.
- bonoboTP 2y ago
  Backend is a general word, not limited to client-server or the web. You can have a rendering backend with various configurable choices, like in Matplotlib (https://matplotlib.org/stable/users/explain/figure/backends.html https://matplotlib.org/stable/users/explain/figure/backends....), or the deep learning library Keras has a choice between PyTorch, JAX and TensorFlow backends.
  - fsckboy 2y ago
    we're talking about a spreadsheet engine, the backend is not going to be the Xserver displaying it
kaathewise 2y ago
Right, I've made a mistake! I keep getting surprised by the fact it's possible to simply compile a Rust crate with a WASM target and run it in the browser.

fsckboy 2y ago

backend does not imply server to me, it implies software that does the calculating engine work and does not concern itself with display refresh.

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readthenotes1 2y ago
In code that typically runs in on e process, that's a plausible interpretation. However, the browser, sorry, the Internet browser, is typically a distributed system and a more plausible interpretation of backend is server-side. IMNSHO.
ninalanyon 2y ago
Surely that's background not backend.
- 8n4vidtmkvmk 2y ago
  I wouldn't call it background unless maybe it's async or continues to process stuff while you're doing other things.
- fsckboy 2y ago
  what's the backend of a spreadsheet engine going to be doing? updating the datastructures of the spreadsheet. is it going to be local or remote? that's not part of the question. is it foreground or background? that's an implementation choice. apple II, yeah, everything freezes while it recalcs. windows? recalcs when it can, don't let the mouse freeze.
bonoboTP 2y ago
Backend is a general word, not limited to client-server or the web. You can have a rendering backend with various configurable choices, like in Matplotlib (https://matplotlib.org/stable/users/explain/figure/backends.html https://matplotlib.org/stable/users/explain/figure/backends....), or the deep learning library Keras has a choice between PyTorch, JAX and TensorFlow backends.
- fsckboy 2y ago
  we're talking about a spreadsheet engine, the backend is not going to be the Xserver displaying it

kaathewise 2y ago

Right, I've made a mistake! I keep getting surprised by the fact it's possible to simply compile a Rust crate with a WASM target and run it in the browser.