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> Why isn't it possible to represent a program visually? I'd argue that the visual representation necessarily needs to abstract from the actual code to be usef
by poorlyknit 3y ago
> Why isn't it possible to represent a program visually?
I'd argue that the visual representation necessarily needs to abstract from the actual code to be useful. From concrete to abstract you can choose from any number of notations, e.g.
- Control Flow Graph
- Data Flow Graph
- Jackson Notation
- State Diagram
etc. etc.
- WillAdams 3y agoYes, unless you're a visually oriented person like myself who is trying to do the programming visually. I use: https://github.com/derkork/openscad-graph-editor https://github.com/derkork/openscad-graph-editor to try to design woodworking projects: https://forum.makerforums.info/t/openscad-and-python-looking-to-finally-be-resolved/88171/41 https://forum.makerforums.info/t/openscad-and-python-looking... and I'd like to think that I'm managing to keep the visual appearance sufficiently expressive that it is easier to work with than a traditional textual code representation --- jury is still out on that, we'll see when I start re-purposing what I'm working on for odd/even sides, and then then doing the horizontal version of the joinery.