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This is quite similar in concept to a spreadsheet product from 2008, called Resolver One, which ran on IronPython.

https://media.prleap.com/image/221/640/share_trade_screensho...

It was excellent, and a bit of a shame that it didn't get more traction at the time.

Very cool, thanks for linking! I’ve never heard of this before - do you know if it generated Python or rather allowed you to edit the spreadsheet with Python?

One thing we’d like to add soon is Python spreadsheet formulas. Often requested - I think it’d be super sweet as well!

It generated the spreadsheet as Python code, as you entered the formulae. Then You could add functions of your own design and call those from the cells too.

Very cool! This second part (running Python in the sheet) is coming soon - both allowing you to call custom Python functions in the sheet - but also allowing Enterprises to extend the spreadsheet interface as well!

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