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> Visual languages trade named links for global wiring Existing visual programming langs can definitely do "named links". A lot support named function-like blo
by whstl 2y ago
> Visual languages trade named links for global wiring
Existing visual programming langs can definitely do "named links". A lot support named function-like blocks which are another form of avoiding wires.
> which is very cluttered for serious problem solving
This clutter is also problematic in textual programming, and is the reason abstractions and programming structures are used. Perhaps the hint here is that we need better ways of representing abstraction in visual programming.