<s>
The	O
Formula	B-Language
language	I-Language
is	O
a	O
scripting	B-Language
language	I-Language
used	O
by	O
Lotus	B-Operating_System
Notes	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
Ray	O
Ozzie	O
during	O
the	O
early	O
development	O
of	O
Lotus	B-Operating_System
Notes	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
borrowed	O
the	O
compiler	O
and	O
decompiler	O
from	O
the	O
Lotus	B-Application
1-2-3	I-Application
spreadsheet	O
,	O
but	O
unlike	O
the	O
spreadsheet	O
language	O
Formula	B-Language
Language	I-Language
was	O
designed	O
primarily	O
for	O
string	O
and	O
list	B-Language
processing	I-Language
,	O
not	O
numerical	O
processing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
a	O
Functional	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
with	O
unique	O
text	O
list-handling	O
features	O
inspired	O
by	O
Ray	O
Ozzie	O
's	O
prior	O
use	O
of	O
Icon	B-Language
and	O
Lisp	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Formula	B-Language
language	I-Language
engine	O
was	O
rewritten	O
by	O
Damien	O
Katz	O
for	O
Notes	O
and	O
Domino	B-Operating_System
6	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Formula	B-Language
language	I-Language
has	O
two	O
parts	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
@Functions	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
several	O
places	O
throughout	O
Lotus	B-Operating_System
Notes	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
to	O
get	O
a	O
list	O
of	O
values	O
from	O
a	O
Notes	O
database	O
or	O
even	O
from	O
a	O
relational	O
database	O
(	O
using	O
ODBC	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
case	O
of	O
complicated	O
changes	O
,	O
LotusScript	B-Language
is	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
@Commands	O
are	O
like	O
menu	O
commands	O
:	O
they	O
perform	O
actions	O
in	O
the	O
Lotus	B-Operating_System
Notes	I-Operating_System
client	O
.	O
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