<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Power	I-Application
Fx	I-Application
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open	I-License
source	I-License
low-code	B-Architecture
,	O
general-purpose	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
for	O
expressing	O
logic	O
across	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Power	I-Application
Platform	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
spreadsheet-like	O
formulas	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
accessible	O
to	O
large	O
numbers	O
of	O
people	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
influenced	O
by	O
programming	O
languages	O
and	O
tools	O
like	O
Pascal	B-Application
,	O
Mathematica	B-Language
,	O
and	O
Miranda	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
Microsoft	O
describes	O
the	O
language	O
,	O
it	O
heavily	O
borrows	O
from	O
the	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
paradigm	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
,	O
cells	O
can	O
contain	O
formulas	O
referring	O
to	O
the	O
contents	O
of	O
other	O
cells	O
;	O
if	O
the	O
user	O
changes	O
the	O
content	O
of	O
a	O
cell	O
,	O
the	O
values	O
of	O
all	O
its	O
dependent	O
cells	O
are	O
automatically	O
updated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
similar	O
fashion	O
,	O
the	O
properties	O
of	O
components	O
in	O
a	O
Power	B-Application
Fx	I-Application
program	O
are	O
connected	O
by	O
formulas	O
(	O
whose	O
syntax	O
is	O
very	O
reminiscent	O
of	O
Excel	B-Application
)	O
and	O
their	O
values	O
are	O
automatically	O
updated	O
if	O
changes	O
occur	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Power	B-Application
Fx	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
a	O
Microsoft	O
team	O
led	O
by	O
Vijay	O
Mital	O
,	O
Robin	O
Abraham	O
,	O
Shon	O
Katzenberger	O
and	O
Darryl	O
Rubin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Power	B-Application
Fx	I-Application
is	O
available	O
as	O
Open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
source	O
code	O
was	O
shared	O
under	O
MIT	B-License
license	I-License
by	O
Microsoft	O
on	O
November	O
2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Only	O
the	O
documentation	O
was	O
originally	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
.	O
</s>
