I suspect that writing text to convey information to the computer (command line) has very different trade-offs than programs presenting information textually to

I suspect that writing text to convey information to the computer (command line) has very different trade-offs than programs presenting information textually to users, and lumping them together probably misses important details. Also, textual interfaces usually make it easy to say, "now group that set of operations and give it a convenient name" (scripting), while graphically interfaces usually don't, and users are stuck with whatever individual actions the UI designers added to menus. Neither tendency is inherent in using text or graphics, but it usually works out that way. I've wondered about this for a while, but text vs. graphic interface discussions ("keyboard vs. mouse", which often overlap) usually miss that distinction, much like they do "approachable to new users" vs. "efficient for committed long-term users".