Comment by mananaysiempre
2 days ago
> Strongest was Cells[0], a library for Common Lisp CLOS. The earliest reference I can find is 2002[1], making it over 20 years old.
How about Microsoft DirectAnimation[1] from 1998, literally designed under the direction of Conal Elliott? Serious question, for what it’s worth, I’ve always wondered if all discussions of this thing are lost to time or if nobody cared for it to begin with.
[1] http://sistemas.afgcoahuila.gob.mx/software/Visual%20Basic%2...
... or Visicalc, TK/Solver, etc.
I've always been baffled that people think spreadsheets are like dataframes when the really interesting thing has always been you can write formulas that refer to each other and the engine figures out the updating. Most of the times I've written a spreadsheet I haven't used the grid as a grid but just a place I can write some labels, some input fields and formulas.
well it is both an easy way to compute in a dataframe context and a reactive programming paradigm. When combined, it gives a powerful paradigm for throwing data-driven UI, albeit non scalable (in terms of maintenance, etc.).