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ryukoposting on Aug 31, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: D2: A new declarative language to turn text into d...

Okay, maybe it's not as close as I remember it!

PIC is designed to be embedded inside of TROFF, so it's... not pretty, to say the least. It does have the -> arrow thing, and the label: value syntax, though. For as hideous as it is, it's surprisingly easy to use.

https://yingtongdiddleipo.ee.wits.ac.za/help/gpic.pdf

SonOfLilit on Aug 31, 2022 [–]

Those probably descended through PlantUML

alixanderwang on Aug 31, 2022 | [–]

the -> probably descended from cave paintings

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