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Updated categorisation of Excel formula language, which is now (in recent builds) Turing complete.
(A Turing-complete language recent builds of Excel which have added a LAMBDA function.) |
(Updated categorisation of Excel formula language, which is now (in recent builds) Turing complete.) |
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[[wp:Microsoft_Excel|Excel]] is a [[wp:Spreadsheet|spreadsheet]] program from [[wp:Microsoft_Office|Microsoft Office]] suite applications. Excel provides calculations, [[wp:Spreadsheet#Cell_reference|cell referencing]], and illustration of data sheets by using its ''functions'', ''formulas'', ''graphs'', etc.
The Excel formula language consists of several hundred pure functions, and only constitutes a Turing-complete programming language in recent builds (Office 365 beta,
The Excel formula language, for all its limitations, is arguably the most widely used programming language in the world.
Estimates of the number of users are typically in the region of 750 million.
(See [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/lambda-the-ultimatae-excel-worksheet-function/ The LAMBDA worksheet function])
(and, of course: [https://xkcd.com/2453/ XKCD 2453 - Excel Lambda])
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