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Writing is based on speech, which is one-dimensional. Most programming is actually already highly two-dimensional thanks to its heavy line orientation. But mos

Writing is based on speech, which is one-dimensional. Most programming is actually already highly two-dimensional thanks to its heavy line orientation. But most visual programming isn't trying to be a kind of "2D orthography" for language, it is trying to be a "picture" of a physical mechanism.

eimrine 2y ago
That 2D orthography idea is my pipe dream. Any time I am writing several similar lines of code but with variables having different length I always want my IDE to be acknowledged that some 1-symbol operators would be looking so nice if aligned in one vertical line.