> fact, I would argue that language is less magic than pointing and clicking because the rules of language are available for anyone to learn, while the rules of

> fact, I would argue that language is less magic than pointing and clicking because the rules of language are available for anyone to learn, while the rules of pointing and clicking are designed and only understood by the application developer. I guess your command line uses natural language processing and is accessible to anyone who never read a man page or heard of a shell? The command line interface is no less opaque than "the rules of pointing and clicking".