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A comment on Visual Programming – Why It’s a Bad Idea.

Re:Visual Programming – Why It’s a Bad Idea by alephr on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @01:49PM (#18496517)
This article is poorly researched (the only "visual" tool it mentions is scratch???) and pretty lazy in considering the merits of extratextual programming. It's worrying that something of this quality resonates with people.
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Re:Visual Programming – Why It’s a Bad Idea by brokenmachine on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @12:04AM (#18500275)
> It's worrying that something of this quality resonates with people.

I wouldn't be worried about that. Just because people are reading it doesn't mean they are agreeing with the conclusion. It's all just stuff to think about.

Where it becomes worrying is when people vote for something of that quality.

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