[adamnemecek]

> There is the biological analogue, which has inspired neural network

I'm somewhat aware but it seems like the idea of a computational graph is the most generic computational idea I can think of and I'm surprised it's not more explored.

> Another ancestor would be the Data-Flow paradigm:

Oh yeah, data flow is definitely another one.

[Jasper_]

Functional programming can be represented as a graph, where calls are directed edges. Flow control is often analyzed in graph form in real compilers:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_flow_graph

[adamnemecek]

It's not just functional programming (but I do agree that it's better in functional programming). All the reverse engineering tools have some feature to represent assembly as a CFG which is super helpful.

[throwawayish]

> I'm somewhat aware but it seems like the idea of a computational graph is the most generic computational idea I can think of and I'm surprised it's not more explored.

ASTs?!

[adamnemecek]

Yeah, I think that ASTs are only a special case of computational graphs.