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Visual programming is stuck on the form

Visual programming is stuck on the form

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·September 14, 2025

indigoabstract

For some reason while reading this, I thought of Erlang, a language I know nothing about, except that it's not a visual language and it's build out (many) processes, kind of like a tiny internet with server and client nodes that can be taken down anytime for repairs or updates.

Maybe there's an unobvious way to make visual programming actually useful?

Probably quite a few people have wondered that throughout the ages. I know I have.

In the meantime, this AI thing happened, emphasizing even more the use of text/voice as a mode of creative expression.

AfterHIA

Dude fucking Google, "e-Toys and, "Mindstorms by Seymour Papert" and get back to me.

#ted #nelson #engelbart