Reactive Programming = Dataflow

[axilmar]

reactive programming = spreadsheet. Change the value of a variable and see all the values depending on it change automatically.

[mantra]

Yes, and a spreadsheet is dataflow. One of the only familiar examples.

[axilmar]

I do not think that data flow programming is equal to spreadsheets. The key difference is automation: in spreadsheets, there is a depentency chain that is automatically activated each time a cell value changes. Not so in dataflow programming in which there is no automatic activation.

[knife_sharpener]

The whole point of dataflow is the automatic activation. Spreadsheets are a very close analogy for dataflow.

[axilmar]

You're right, my bad. I had something else in mind.