On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 3:54 AM, Steven D'Aprano <steve+pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote: > On Wed, 3 Aug 2016 02:56 am, BartC wrote: > >> (And I expect that next they will eliminate languages altogether. All >> you need is some way of specifying a sequence of calls to library >> functions and sprinkling around some control statements; > > That would be called "a language".
:) >> it could be >> drag-and-drop with a GUI display of the program flow.) > > It could be, but won't be. Outside of a very few tiny niches, including > Squeak which is designed for children, such user-interfaces are far too > cumbersome to ever get widespread use. > > But for limited niches, like generating GUIs, form designers, or even > assembling regular expressions, sure, why not? They do exist, and IMO they're languages just as much as textual ones are. You don't eliminate computer language by switching to a GUI drag-and-drop system than you eliminate human language by using hand signs. In fact, deaf people generally communicate using something called "{American,Korean,Australian,...} Sign Language" - it's not called "American Way of Talking Without Talking Or Using Language". ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list