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From: Willem <willem@turtle.stack.nl>
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Subject: Re: What is wrong in an even higher level programming?
Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2013 17:36:23 +0000 (UTC)
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rahul.online.9@gmail.com wrote:
) We started off with 0,1... machine languages ... c .... c++ .... php ....
)
) Why dint we proceed? - A very high level language
)
) A programming language that can be written with pictures and connections, much like how our mind visualizes a program
)
) By "very high level language", I will explain with the following scenario :
)
) If a programmer wants to create a website.
)
) He drags a box "web-site". (If he wanted a console app, he would have dragged console)
)
) He needs a form.
)
) He drags an places a form. (A form with a text field, submit and reset.  And he can drag and drop other elements or delete "reset" etc)
)
) He needs a payment gateway attached to form.  
)
) So there are 2 boxes now - 1 is form and 2 is payment gateway.

<snip> (We get the drift.)

One implementation of this is Uniface.  Been around for 20 years or so I
think.  It's actually quite good for rapid development, web-based and
otherwise.  It's just a bitch to do anything that doesn't fit in the mold.

There are dozens of other languages like that.

) Why has this kind of system not developed yet?

It has been, look above.  It's just that it has little makret share.

) Is it because this requires a lot of work?
) Or is there something very wrong with this kind of system?

SaSW, Willem
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