Hello Donna; I've noticed this with my experience with APL spreadsheets: because the possible result from an APL/J expression can be any valid APL/J object, it is not so clear where the result goes. Spreadsheets, with an expression system that can return only scalars, "put the result here" is obvious and trivial. If you do limit the possible APL/J expressions to only the ones that return scalars, you severely limit the language. This was a showstopper for me.
Perhaps if spreadsheet cells could contain arbitrary arrays... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |\/| Randy A MacDonald | APL: If you can say it, it's done.. (ram) |/\| [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |\ | |If you cannot describe what you are doing BSc(Math) UNBF'83 þas a process, you don't know what you're doing. Sapere Aude | - W. E. Deming Natural Born APL'er | Demo website: http://156.34.89.50/ -----------------------------------------------------(INTP)----{ gnat }- ----- Original Message ----- From: "dly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General forum" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2006 12:31 PM Subject: Re: [Jgeneral] spreadsheets > what is needed is a spreadsheet where j or apl can be invoked in each > cell and that could be added to an existing spreadsheet as an option > if there is any open code spreadsheet application > Donna > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > On 10-Jun-06, at 11:27 AM, Bill Harris wrote: > > > "Steven H. Rogers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >> Focusing on J Grid development to make it a tool for this type of > >> application that people would use even if they don't know J might > >> be a > >> good marketing tactic. > > > > I agree. I think that spreadsheets for many (me, too, sometimes) are > > sheets of electronic paper. It's easy to change the number in a > > particular cell without worrying about the other numbers or about the > > syntax of amend. With a spreadsheet, the numbers are in the > > foreground; > > with J, the functions seem to be. That's generally good, but > > sometimes > > it's comforting to write down the numbers and have them sit there, > > waiting to be transformed or perhaps edited. > > > > Bill > > -- > > Bill Harris http://facilitatedsystems.com/weblog/ > > Facilitated Systems Everett, WA 98208 USA > > http://facilitatedsystems.com/ phone: +1 425 337-5541 > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
