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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.folklore.computers
Subject: Re: The joy of FORTRAN
Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2024 06:13:32 -0000 (UTC)
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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.