Re:Ask HN: Why did Visual Basic die?
by vector_spaces on Monday September 11, 2023 @03:18PM
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"2D programming" is normally called array programming, and it's common in scientific computing, ML, and finance. It does require a different mindset, kind of similar to SQL but not exactly. See APL, K, q, NumPy, matlab, Julia, and friends for languages that embrace this paradigm
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I don't think you're talking about the same thing? The parent poster is talking about Excel's ability to spread computational steps across rows and columns (i.e. the structure of the code itself), while array programming traditionally refers to writing computations over arrays (i.e. the structure of the data)