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thomas 2025-12-08T08:24:53.575279Z

Good morning

2025-12-08T08:34:11.993199Z

morning

Thomas Moerman 2025-12-08T09:36:04.574889Z

Goddamn germs, getting my arse kicked.... πŸ¦ πŸ¦ΏπŸ‘

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Ludger Solbach 2025-12-08T10:41:46.781099Z

Morning

2025-12-08T11:00:56.535609Z

spreadsheets are almost a lisp

thomas 2025-12-08T11:27:34.831339Z

Excel is the most used functional language according to some.

2025-12-08T11:39:09.577259Z

and I agree w/that statement

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simongray 2025-12-08T13:20:07.227199Z

You know, folks... a lot of people they come up to me and they say: "Sir, Excel is basically a functional programming language." And I tell them, absolutely! Nobody knows Excel better than me. It’s doing functions, formulas, just unbelievable things, you wouldn't believe it! πŸ™Œ

thomas 2025-12-08T13:21:54.001969Z

and no side effects!

thomas 2025-12-08T13:22:01.980679Z

(I think)

simongray 2025-12-08T13:22:22.953059Z

And I tell them, you know, it doesn't have side-effects... no side-effects! Can you believe it!?

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thomas 2025-12-08T13:23:01.603279Z

referential transparency!

Ben Sless 2025-12-08T16:16:06.100339Z

Isn't excel based on VisiCalc which is based on Sussman's propagators? It all returns to Lisp

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2025-12-08T11:00:58.222389Z

almost

ray 2025-12-08T11:14:03.663359Z

Good morning

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ray 2025-12-08T11:15:04.345379Z

Nice sunsets here ... this was quite dull lol