Ask HN: Why have graphical programming languages never taken off?
I come from an engineering background and naively imagined plugging software components together like Lego. But in reality, you can never seem to get away from writing code...
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There's been many efforts, but why are all developers still writing code using characters?I come from an engineering background and naively imagined pluggi
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Ask HN: Why and how functional programming?
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Ask HN: Browser print dialog programming or other ways
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Ask HN: Why should I believe the Bloomberg reports regarding SuperMicro?
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