Every time I see a UI-to-code translator or converter[1], I find that it produces terribly crufty output- they tend to take that high-level design and regurgita

Every time I see a UI-to-code translator or converter[1], I find that it produces terribly crufty output- they tend to take that high-level design and regurgitate The Code that would produce "correct" results. Maybe the answer is applying compiler-type optimizations to the output. On the other hand, maybe the answer is learning logic ... nay, code. [1] The one currently on my mind is the web publisher part of Microsoft Access from about 2000. Certainly not today's state-of-the-art, but representative of the typical tool.