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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Multiparadigm visual programming languages

Abstract

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Successful visual programming languages are all specialized, and general-purpose visual programming languages are unsuccessful. One of the reasons is that visual programming languages are usually based on a single programming paradigm. A multiparadigm visual programming language is described and used to argue that multiparadigm visual programming languages can make visual programming suitable for general purpose programming. The language, called Visual ToolSet, is based on a collection of simple visual languages. Each simple language is based on a particular paradigm and solves a particular kind of programming problem. The paradigms implemented in Visual ToolSet are data flow, control flow, query-by-example, and programming-by-example.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Ph.D.
Level thesis:degree_level
Dissertation
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Computer Science
Grantor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Year dc:date
2011

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Borges, Jose A.
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Johnson, Ralph E.

Subjects

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Rights

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Statement dc:rights
  • Copyright 1990 Borges, Jose A.
Language dc:language
eng

Identifiers

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Identifier
AAI9026143
(UMI)AAI9026143
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/21729

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Last updated
2026-07-22
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citation

Borges, Jose A.. Multiparadigm visual programming languages. Dissertation thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/21729