[npsimons]

I lastly want to reiterate that programming languages are "languages" by definition, and their syntax and terminology are what makes them universal. Using "dingbats" to represent functionality inherently breaks down the out-of-band communication of ideas. "Add a left-pointer-finger to pass the value to the caller of the function." WAT?

Yeah, every time someone comes along and says something like "text is so barbaric; we need to use GUIs to do things better!", I'm reminded of a quote along the lines of language being the only thing expressive enough to accomplish a broad range of tasks. Whether it's programming or system administration, there's a reason that technical people still have keyboards. If someone has something better, by all means show it. So far, no one has been able to meet this simple requirement.