Re:Ask HN: Why does visual programming suck?
by reaanb on Monday June 05, 2017 @04:37AM
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Text doesn't interfere with a programmer's imagination or ability to visualize the system. Visual programming suppresses imagination and imposes a very limited and impoverished visualization.
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Re:Ask HN: Why does visual programming suck?
by jononor on Monday June 05, 2017 @06:47AM
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On the other hand it can be really tricky to reconstruct an understanding of a non-trivial system which someone else made from the textual code.
With visual diagrams overall architecture can be conveyed quickly and relatively concisely.