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Re: Curiosity on why most teams choose LabView

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Yes, Labview is a programming language by any standard. You have inputs and outputs, can implement general algorithms and data structures, etc. It's great for state machines, for example.
Ok, by your definition wouldn't Excel would be considered a programming language?

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For the curious (see thread title) one reason we chose Labview is that we did believe it would provide general programming experience relevant to any programming language.
Yes, if by "any programming language" you mean Labview

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Isn't this more important for children than cultivating specialized skills in a particular language?
This is exactly my point.
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