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Asked: 2026-05-15T02:50:30+00:00

I understand visual programming languages to be those languages that allow the programmer to

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I understand visual programming languages to be those languages that allow the programmer to to manipulate graphical–rather than textual–objects onscreen to build functionality.

The closest thing I see in C#, VB, etc. is RAD controls, but that is just composing UI and the very simplest functionality — it has nothing to do with the language itself, even.

Why, then is C# called “Visual C#”, Basic .NET called “Visual Basic .NET,” etc.?
What is “visual,” or what is the rationale or history behind the nomenclature?

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    I don’t think it has to do with the languages themselves being “visual.”

    From the Wikipedia article:

    The term Visual denotes a brand-name relationship with other Microsoft programming languages such as Visual Basic, Visual FoxPro, Visual J# and Visual C++. All of these products are packaged with a graphical IDE and support rapid application development of Windows-based applications.

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