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by breck 1779 days ago
Yes, I'd agree with you. My wording was poor. I should have said something like "will be helpful, but far more complex to build and use, as they will have to rely on abstract transformations, rather than the natural shape of the code".

I could still be wrong, and really need to get those experiments going again! Thanks for pushing back on that and causing me to think harder.

P.S. I also think runtime analysis is an even more complex problem, and applaud you for attacking it!

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100% agreed. The translation from source code to 3D visualization was ultimately based on choices we made, not on the inherent structure that already was put in place by the developer. The output was still valuable, but when the developer has a say in the output, that's when so much more power would be unlocked!