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Please, describe visual BASIC for us.  Even if it turns out to be a
visual language (which it probably is by Brad's definition), I am
not sure this is the appropriate place to ask for technical help
concerning visual BASIC.

In article <1828@eba.eb.ele.tue.nl> elkassas@ebs.eb.ele.tue.nl (sherif el kassas) writes:
>Hi all,
>Just wanted to ask:
>  Is Visual BASIC a visual programming language?
>
>Thanks,
>Sherif
>
>PS No flames intended.
>PPS The following is a definition of VLs based on [Myers, 1989].
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>A visual language is a language that allows its users to
>specify their constructs in two or more dimensions.
>Examples of such languages include: flowcharts and dataflow
>diagrams.
>
>@incollection{Mye,
> author = "Myers, B. A.",
> title = "The State of the Art in Visual Programming and Program Visualization",
> editor = "Kilgour, A. and Earnshaw, R.",
> Booktitle = "Graphics Tools for Software Engineers",
> publisher = "Cambridge University Press",
> year = "1989"
>}
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>
>
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