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Re:Visual Programming Doesn’t Suck by pacala on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @10:29AM (#19027065)
Additionally, any visual diagram can be compactly represented in textual form. It's called "good APIs".
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Re:Visual Programming Doesn’t Suck by pjc50 on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @11:24AM (#19027563)
Isn't this only true if you've got a formal system for converting the API to a diagram? I mentioned "pic" elsewhere, what were you thinking of?
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Re:Visual Programming Doesn’t Suck by Nigredo on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @04:12PM (#19029817)
Luckily we do. Our diagrams are sound and complete for free symmetric monoidal categories, meaning that every diagram can be converted to a morphism in a category. :)
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