Spreadsheets that use a functional-programming language [closed]

Question

I'd like to know if there exists a spreadsheet application which uses an existing functional-programming language to define functions.

I've already heard about Resolver One which uses python, but I'm more interested in anything which uses a purely functional language like Haskell.

Thanks

Answer 1

Spreadsheets are quite a popular application among functional programmers. They have been a recurring theme in papers over the years. Some of the more memorable papers include

• Spreadsheet Functional Programming by David Wakeling (2007).

• Forms/3 by Margaret Burnett and many others (2001)

• Implementing Function Spreadsheets by Peter Sestoft (2008)

You can also read about an effort to make Excel more functional.

For each of these papers I have either read the paper or heard a talk based on the papers. None of the papers is fabulous but all of them are good. I think the one with the most interesting ideas is by Sestoft—and his experimental results are pretty amazing.