[ploxiln]

Except for programmers. And when people try to do what we do, but in Excel, it's bad. Or if they try to do it in Labview, it's also bad. (I've personally seen both.)

These tools can't do, structurally, what git (or even cvs) does with plain text, or what vim or emacs (or even notepad!) do with plain text.

[jamii]

When people try to do what we do, but in python/emacs/git, it's bad. It's not like if you banned excel the same people would suddenly produce a beautifully factored python program. They just wouldn't have anything at all.

Right now we have structured tools with easy learning curves but low ceilings, and raw text tools with high ceilings but with a learning curve like being punched in the face with a brick wall. There is definitely room to explore in between the two.