Re: The joy of FORTRAN

On Sat, 05 Oct 2024 02:37:16 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

On 2024-10-04, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
 

Of course, all this goes out the window once you get to the GUI layer;
that is the end of the line, with no more programmability (easily)
possible on top of that. From that point on, the human user has to do
all the work.

 
This led to my observation that "interactive" is synonymous with
"manual".

No, “graphical interaction” is synonymous with “manual”. An interactive
text-based command line still allows for automation.