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		mcbits on June 29, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 2D Syntax Looking at it from the other direction, we can start with the premise that applications like Excel, Max, Nuke, and Blender are already visual DSLs. The users are "programmers" of a sort, but not "coders" because they don't type code. Then the question is whether such a DSL can be extended to general-purpose computation with any advantages over text-based coding languages.

stuaxo on June 29, 2017 [–]

None of these integrate very well with a programmers existing tools, if they did I am sure programmers wouldn't mind so much.

lallysingh on June 29, 2017 | [–]

Huh? Excel talks .Net, Blender's a python app. I remember manipulating an excel table in vb 20+ years ago.

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