Full Metal Jacket: A Visual Programming Language Based on Lisp

Where's the data? A "data flow language" that only visualizes functions isn't. IMHO. I agree with most of the perennial discussion that takes place here for all of these projects: text is good, but not for everything and everyone, yet graphical programming has never taken off... why? Because if people want a data flow, they care more about the data than the flow. Spreadsheets have secured a rock-solid place in the "lingua franca" of userland, without ever visualizing the "connections,"…

I have seen visual dataflow languages and even worked on some of them. They usually work better in specific domains like stream processing, control systems, signal processing and such. Even then, once a "program" gets complex it can get tangled fast. A node with 3000 edges starts to look messy. There are some things you can do to fix it but then you just kind of wish to use a simple script. As for general computing, the most thought out…

That's pretty fun to think about. I'd love to see node/graph operations in general become more commonplace and standardized. Unfortunately, I think my node/graph dopamine pathways have been forever altered by node/graph QoL[1] issues that, while native to, and applicable to, every node/graph design system, almost never seem to be addressed before they become gigantic workflow speedbumps. And when they are addressed, they are still, in 2023, treated as awesome new features. I think an applicable comparison might be…