[npsimons]

> But you could do SOOO much more, if programs would actually output structured data streams.

Like even treating code and data the same, and minimizing the syntax required so you're left with clean, parseable code and data. Maybe in some sort of tree, that is abstract. Where have I heard this idea before . . .

> I think it stems from the design failure to build your app around a CLI. Instead, you should build your app around an API and generate the CLI for that API.

Now this I am fully in favor of, and IMHO, it leads to much better code all around: you can then test via the API, build a GUI via the API, etc, etc, etc.