Lion.K…
I see a connection between “Wiki:AgglutinativeLanguage?” and what I called a "Visual:HookupLanguage". The agglutinative languages that are based in spoken words, or are typed out, work on a line. In contrast, circuit schematics are (I think) planar agglutinative languages that hookup both vertically and horizontally.
I think that they’re “agglutinative,” because you’ll often see modifiers, such as a “not” triangle, attached to the output of a chip. Or you’ll see a sum, “sum up those outputs from the chip,” and lines used to say “those outputs,” and make a new output from it.
When people use “tee” in UNIX, and other branching mechanisms, you often times have to construct in your head, “how does this spatially lay itself out on a plane?” If it’s complex, I pull out a piece of paper, and try to diagram it.
from Wc:HwoToDo_2007-08