I definitely agree that text is very intimidating, no matter how well it is represented, compounded by inclusion of numbers and punctuation like (, ), ;,. +,-,<

I definitely agree that text is very intimidating, no matter how well it is represented, compounded by inclusion of numbers and punctuation like (, ), ;,. +,-,<,>, etc. Another is that we no longer have the text-based interface in things that we use. In the classic computing era, text games like "Zork" were popular, and even DOS and *nix text shells were the norm. Even adventure games like Sierra Online games had graphic view but had text interface. Perhaps text-based user interface could lessen the anxiety of text in coding, but I think that we no longer value text UI. Instead, everything is GUI now, with touch-interface on iOS/Android in the mix - and perhaps someday, we no longer will have mouse/keyboard, but rather just verbal and physical interface. By then, we can program things using complex language such as "I'd like to move the yellow box sprite on top of the tree to the left about 50 pixels", then programming code becomes more approachable to average human. We are already on our way, with Alexa and Siri.