I don’t want to beat the author up too much- the over application of CASE tools in the 90s was a real thing, and I have less than fond memories of being forced

I don’t want to beat the author up too much- the over application of CASE tools in the 90s was a real thing, and I have less than fond memories of being forced to use a VPL when it really wasn’t the appropriate solution. A good professional programmer will feel (and in fact be) constrained and slower by a VPL. That’s frustrating and likely a misuse of resources. I just think the author missed the point that VPLs generally aren’t for “us”, they are for people who something else for a living.