On 14/06/2011, at 6:02 AM, BGB wrote:

> but, what would be the gain?... the major issue with most possible graphical 
> representations, is that they are far less compact. hence, the common use of 
> graphical presentations to represent a small amount in information in a 
> "compelling" way (say, a bar-chart or line-graph which represents only a 
> small number of data-points).

If it gets longer than a page, something's gone wrong somewhere. ;-) Remember, 
most people on this list will think encapsulation and objects are good things 
;-) (ie small bits of code). So you don't need the kind of compactness you're 
talking about.

The gain is that "a picture speaks a thousand words".
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