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An observation: I have always taken the meaning of the word "illustrated" to specifically refer to non-lexical graphics. Searching the dictionary definition of
by atonalfreerider 7y ago
An observation: I have always taken the meaning of the word "illustrated" to specifically refer to non-lexical graphics. Searching the dictionary definition of the word, I find a looser definition that applies to "examples" intended to aid an explanation.
This is a similar cognitive dissonance to when I first learned that "Visual Basic" and "Visual Studio" meant that the syntax of the displayed code was highlighted, not graphically represented in a non-lexical way.
- mysterydip 7y agoI believe Visual Basic/Studio referred tonthe addition of WYSIWYG GUI creation tools and event binding to the languages.
- Sharlin 7y agoI’ve always assumed that the ”Visual” in VB and others refers to the WYSIWYG drag’n’drop interface for creating GUIs.