Yes--I wasn't meaning to replace J with this idea-just expand the
current function of typical spreadsheets--perhaps a little too
powerful causing the end of the spreadsheet world as we know it
forgive me this is my first day playing with J after many many years
in exile
Donna
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On 10-Jun-06, at 12:13 PM, Randy MacDonald wrote:
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...
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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
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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
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