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Visual languages: A tutorial and survey

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Visualization in Programming (IPsy 1986)

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  1. Department of Computer Science, University of Pittsburgh, 15260, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Shi-Kuo Chang

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Chang, SK. (1987). Visual languages: A tutorial and survey. In: Gorny, P., Tauber, M.J. (eds) Visualization in Programming. IPsy 1986. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 282. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-18507-0_1

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