Especially with regard to intentions and interpretations, this immediately draws a parallel in my mind to movies versus books. Movies can definitely have impact

Especially with regard to intentions and interpretations, this immediately draws a parallel in my mind to movies versus books. Movies can definitely have impactful illustrative power, but it's almost a given that the book will have been better. I think the reasons that this is the case are probably the same reasons why code is expressed better through written language than other mediums.