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by analog31 708 days ago
I used LabVIEW extensively in the past. It was possible to organize code for readability, but it was physically laborious and I got massive eyestrain headaches and wrist fatigue from all of the fine mouse work needed. To be fair, maybe that's a personal ergonomic issue. I also can't use CAD for the same reason.

I can sling text with my eyes closed, and have managed the ergonomics of typing well enough that it hasn't injured me in almost 50 years.

On the other hand for applications where dataflow was a good paradigm for the problem being solved, I appreciated its benefits.