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Re:An API is a user interface by millstone on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @03:07AM (#25206956)
There's a massive difference between a back button and gl.texParameterf().

I honestly have no idea what "proper domain and service modeling" means but a good UI is NOT a natural consequence of good engineering. That's why human interface design is a real discipline.

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Re:An API is a user interface by Philip-J-Fry on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @04:23AM (#25207376)
A back button is a GRAPHICAL User Interface.

Code/APIs are a different type of User Interface. Maybe we can call it PUI for Programmer User Interface.

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Re:An API is a user interface by CyberDildonics on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @06:32PM (#25215487)
No one said a back button isn't a user interface, the person you replied to just said that they were very different.
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