LabVIEW中所有这些能力的最终结果就是极大地提高了效率。许多方面的证据表明相对于传统编程工具效率提高了4到10倍。因此，这可能是导致不将LabVIEW视为一种通用的编程语言的最主要的原因。它是一个更高级的设计工具，从台式机器到嵌入式处理器，再到FPGA-yet few people realize it was originally developed by scientists to study spin and demonstrate that the Earth is rotating. Close observation of the astonishing behavior of gyroscopes led scientists to