Task: Quaternion type
Python: from collections import namedtuple
import math

class Q(namedtuple('Quaternion', 'real, i, j, k')):
    'Quaternion type: Q(real=0.0, i=0.0, j=0.0, k=0.0)' 

    __slots__ = () 

    def __new__(_cls, real=0.0, i=0.0, j=0.0, k=0.0):
        'Defaults all parts of quaternion to zero'
        return super().__new__(_cls, float(real), float(i), float(j), float(k))

    def conjugate(self):
        return Q(self.real, -self.i, -self.j, -self.k)

    def _norm2(self):
        return sum( x*x for x in self)

    def norm(self):
        return math.sqrt(self._norm2())

    def reciprocal(self):
        n2 = self._norm2()
        return Q(*(x / n2 for x in self.conjugate())) 

    def __str__(self):
        'Shorter form of Quaternion as string'
        return 'Q(%g, %g, %g, %g)' % self

    def __neg__(self):
        return Q(-self.real, -self.i, -self.j, -self.k)

    def __add__(self, other):
        if type(other) == Q:
            return Q( *(s+o for s,o in zip(self, other)) )
        try:
            f = float(other)
        except:
            return NotImplemented
        return Q(self.real + f, self.i, self.j, self.k)

    def __radd__(self, other):
        return Q.__add__(self, other)

    def __mul__(self, other):
        if type(other) == Q:
            a1,b1,c1,d1 = self
            a2,b2,c2,d2 = other
            return Q(
                 a1*a2 - b1*b2 - c1*c2 - d1*d2,
                 a1*b2 + b1*a2 + c1*d2 - d1*c2,
                 a1*c2 - b1*d2 + c1*a2 + d1*b2,
                 a1*d2 + b1*c2 - c1*b2 + d1*a2 )
        try:
            f = float(other)
        except:
            return NotImplemented
        return Q(self.real * f, self.i * f, self.j * f, self.k * f)

    def __rmul__(self, other):
        return Q.__mul__(self, other)

    def __truediv__(self, other):
        if type(other) == Q:
            return self.__mul__(other.reciprocal())
        try:
            f = float(other)
        except:
            return NotImplemented
        return Q(self.real / f, self.i / f, self.j / f, self.k / f)

    def __rtruediv__(self, other):
        return other * self.reciprocal()

    __div__, __rdiv__ = __truediv__, __rtruediv__

Quaternion = Q       

q  = Q(1, 2, 3, 4)
q1 = Q(2, 3, 4, 5)
q2 = Q(3, 4, 5, 6)
r  = 7

VB: Option Base 1
Private Function norm(q As Variant) As Double
    norm = Sqr(WorksheetFunction.SumSq(q))
End Function

Private Function negative(q) As Variant
    Dim res(4) As Double
    For i = 1 To 4
        res(i) = -q(i)
    Next i
    negative = res
End Function

Private Function conj(q As Variant) As Variant
    Dim res(4) As Double
    res(1) = q(1)
    For i = 2 To 4
        res(i) = -q(i)
    Next i
    conj = res
End Function

Private Function addr(r As Double, q As Variant) As Variant
    Dim res As Variant
    res = q
    res(1) = r + q(1)
    addr = res
End Function

Private Function add(q1 As Variant, q2 As Variant) As Variant
    add = WorksheetFunction.MMult(Array(1, 1), Array(q1, q2))
End Function

Private Function multr(r As Double, q As Variant) As Variant
    multr = WorksheetFunction.MMult(r, q)
End Function

Private Function mult(q1 As Variant, q2 As Variant)
    Dim res(4) As Double
    res(1) = q1(1) * q2(1) - q1(2) * q2(2) - q1(3) * q2(3) - q1(4) * q2(4)
    res(2) = q1(1) * q2(2) + q1(2) * q2(1) + q1(3) * q2(4) - q1(4) * q2(3)
    res(3) = q1(1) * q2(3) - q1(2) * q2(4) + q1(3) * q2(1) + q1(4) * q2(2)
    res(4) = q1(1) * q2(4) + q1(2) * q2(3) - q1(3) * q2(2) + q1(4) * q2(1)
    mult = res
End Function

Private Sub quats(q As Variant)
    Debug.Print q(1); IIf(q(2) < 0, " - " & Abs(q(2)), " + " & q(2));
    Debug.Print IIf(q(3) < 0, "i - " & Abs(q(3)), "i + " & q(3));
    Debug.Print IIf(q(4) < 0, "j - " & Abs(q(4)), "j + " & q(4)); "k"
End Sub

Public Sub quaternions()
    q = [{ 1, 2, 3, 4}]
    q1 = [{2, 3, 4, 5}]
    q2 = [{3, 4, 5, 6}]
    Dim r_ As Double
    r_ = 7#
    Debug.Print "q            = ";: quats q
    Debug.Print "q1           = ";: quats q1
    Debug.Print "q2           = ";: quats q2
    Debug.Print "r            = "; r_
    Debug.Print "norm(q)      = "; norm(q)
    Debug.Print "negative(q)  = ";: quats negative(q)
    Debug.Print "conjugate(q) = ";: quats conj(q)
    Debug.Print "r + q        = ";: quats addr(r_, q)
    Debug.Print "q1 + q2      = ";: quats add(q1, q2)
    Debug.Print "q * r        = ";: quats multr(r_, q)
    Debug.Print "q1 * q2      = ";: quats mult(q1, q2)
    Debug.Print "q2 * q1      = ";: quats mult(q2, q1)
End Sub