Excel is what I like to call a 0:th order functional language,
i.e., you can't even define functions, just values. :)
-- Lennart
On Jan 30, 2007, at 21:58 , Neil Mitchell wrote:
Hi Alexy,
Heard that statement recently -- that Excel is a functional
programming language, and the most used one -- of any programming
languages -- on Earth! Is it true? Are there good examples of
typical FP style in Excel?
You can't define functions in Excel, hence its not really a functional
language. I'd go as far as saying its an expression-based programming
language, but that's it. It also has mutable state (if you use
circular references) so its not pure.
That said, the quote almost certainly comes from this paper (in the
title): http://research.microsoft.com/~simonpj/Papers/excel/index.htm
Thanks
Neil
_______________________________________________
Haskell-Cafe mailing list
Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org
http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
_______________________________________________
Haskell-Cafe mailing list
Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org
http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
