[dwheeler]

There is definitely a lot of fiddling with the text when writing, because you aren't really writing in English but instead a programming language.

On the other hand, the results can be remarkably readable, and in a fascinating way. As an example, here's a small game I wrote using it:

https://dwheeler.com/accuse/source.html

I don't know if there's a lesson to be learned, but as someone who's learned many programming languages, Inform 7 is intriguingly different.