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> And we still don't have a programmable visual shell in Windows. Very true, there isn't one. But there are several. None of them all that good though. Windows
by InclinedPlane 13y ago
> And we still don't have a programmable visual shell in Windows.
Very true, there isn't one. But there are several. None of them all that good though. Windows Workflow, System Center Runbooks, Biztalk, they've all made their mark. I've seen serious systems built using all of them, ultimately I have to wonder whether visual programming on that scale is even a good idea.
- mariusmg 13y agoNo, it's not. Visual is basically bad for anything but toys.
- pmelendez 13y agoIt is not a good language indeed. It doesn't allow you to express proper abstractions or anything particularly interesting. But it did allow you to get things done very quickly, and that's why you see that was used a lot in several industries for small things that doesn't require to be maintained a lot and still do useful things.
- bergie 13y agoNot exactly desktop-focused, but I'm working on something in this space: http://noflojs.org/ http://noflojs.org/