Re: [Haskell-cafe] Speculation, OT: Program a Spreadsheet

Hi Brandon, Olaf, I did not mean to be a jerk. I think Olaf has an itch and a good idea of how to scratch it, and it could be the basis for a great project. I've never used Mathematica, so I have a hard time visualizing what he is driving at. My apologies if I was inappropriate. It is reasonable to ask whether there would be a reasonable user base for a functional programming language/spreadsheet. My intuition is that there would be among more advanced spreadsheet users. So that is obviously a point of disagreement, but that is OK. We should probably debate that. I also think he is talking about a different thing than I am, and what this thread has been apart thus far. It is a Bad Thing (in the Winnie the Pooh sense) when threads turn into fibers. I think Olaf's idea/itch is actually quite good, and deserves a thread of its own. With apologies, Trent. On Sun, Nov 19, 2017 at 4:38 PM Brandon Allbery wrote:

On Sun, Nov 19, 2017 at 4:50 PM, trent shipley wrote:

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I must say you haven't convinced me that there is no use for a spreadsheet functional language. Nor have you convinced that important, mission critical work is not done in spreadsheets.

I am pretty sure you're talking past each other at this point. Step back and take a deep breath, both of you.

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