Last modified on March 21, 1995

Advantages of Visual Programming

  • People in general prefer pictures over words

  • Pictures are more powerful than words as a means of communication, because they can convey more meaning in a more concise unit of expression

  • Pictures do not have the language barriers that natural languages have

  • Falling cost of graphics-related hardware and software have made it feasible to use pictures as a means of communication

  • Human visual system and human visual information processing is clearly optimized for multi-dimensional data

  • Visual style of programming can be easier to understand and generate for humans

  • People are much better at dealing with specific examples than with abstract ideas

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