Editing LabVIEW (section)

== Criticism ==
LabVIEW is a [[proprietary software|proprietary]] product of National Instruments. Unlike common programming languages such as [[C Programming Language|C]] or [[Fortran]], LabVIEW is not managed or standardized by any third-party standards committee. 

=== Non-textual ===
Since the "G" language is non-textual, common software tools such as versioning, side-by-side (or diff) comparison, and version code change tracking cannot be applied in the same manner as for textual programming languages. There are, however, some source code control (versioning) tools that do enable code comparison and merging, such as subversion, CVS and Perforce.<ref>{{cite web |title=Thinking in G » Top 5 bad excuses for not using source code control |url=http://thinkinging.com/2007/06/17/top-5-bad-excuses-for-not-using-source-code-control/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028215453/http://thinkinging.com/2007/06/17/top-5-bad-excuses-for-not-using-source-code-control/ |archive-date=2016-10-28 |access-date=2016-10-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Software Configuration Management and LabVIEW - National Instruments |url=http://www.ni.com/white-paper/4114/en/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161029043345/http://www.ni.com/white-paper/4114/en/ |archive-date=2016-10-29 |website=www.ni.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Configuring LabVIEW Source Code Control (SCC) for use with Team Foundation Server (TFS) - National Instruments |url=http://www.ni.com/tutorial/14304/en/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028215645/http://www.ni.com/tutorial/14304/en/ |archive-date=2016-10-28 |website=www.ni.com}}</ref>