Your argument is really that syntax is nothing and semantics everything. I sympathize, but it's not how most people see it. As long as we accept syntax as a si

Your argument is really that syntax is nothing and semantics everything. I sympathize, but it's not how most people see it. As long as we accept syntax as a significant part of what defines a programming language, "visual language" is a reasonable concept. Edit: Reasonable implementations are another matter. :)