IMO this whole thread hinges on how one chooses to define an 'API.' You can certainly make it true if you define it broadly enough. 0. Drag-and-drop / visual p

IMO this whole thread hinges on how one chooses to define an 'API.' You can certainly make it true if you define it broadly enough. 0. Drag-and-drop / visual programming tools as APIs 1. Libraries/frameworks as APIs 2. Standard libraries / built-in abstractions of a programming language as APIs 3. Programming languages themselves as APIs 4. IDEs/editors as human-machine APIs etc.