A spreadsheet in fewer than 30 lines of JavaScript, no library used

Re:A spreadsheet in fewer than 30 lines of JavaScript, no li... by lelandbatey on Wednesday November 13, 2013 @02:13PM (#6727595)

I agree, saying "Wow, this is a viable and useful language" because you can do something in just a few highly unreadable lines seems... like a pretty odd judgment.

It'd be a bit like saying that C is a great language because someone wrote a raytracer that fits on a business card[0] using it.

[0] http://fabiensanglard.net/rayTracing_back_of_business_card/

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Re:A spreadsheet in fewer than 30 lines of JavaScript, no li... by chc on Wednesday November 13, 2013 @07:17PM (#6729628)

This code is fairly readable. It takes one or two shortcuts, but it's much closer to real code than to golf.

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Re:A spreadsheet in fewer than 30 lines of JavaScript, no li... by hernan604 on Wednesday November 13, 2013 @08:00PM (#6729827)

its called "Abstraction"

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