[Gllug] ed vs emacs/vi, was: ed vs emacs, was: OpenMoko Neo Freerunner

[Nix]

On 20 May 2009, Dan Kolb spake thusly:

> On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 09:43:25PM +0100, Nix wrote:
>> 
>> But you'd use a *language*. You wouldn't try to describe it visually,
>> because that's not precise enough for anything useful --- and if it was,
>> you've just used a visual language (there have been a few, they never
>> took off).
>
> *Someone*'s never used LabView :)

No, never heard of it until just now (googling was informative).

> I used to think it was bloody awful. Then I used it in anger, and just decided
> it was annoying. Sadly, it's one of the quicker ways of writing a program with
> a (G)UI that talks to GPIB controllers.

GUI layout != programming, really.
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