It's a shame people reject dataflow languages because they associate it with visual programming. Dataflow languages can be textual, visual, or a combination. It

It's a shame people reject dataflow languages because they associate it with visual programming. Dataflow languages can be textual, visual, or a combination. It's good to see that NoFlo has exposed the textual side. Like functional programming, one of the key benefits of dataflow programming is that it is inherently parallel. With the coming 16-core CPUs, GPU, and project like Parallella, this becomes even more important.