I agree about the power of language. Talking is generally much more powerful than pointing at words among a list. But think of a typical Linux system. The syst

I agree about the power of language. Talking is generally much more powerful than pointing at words among a list. But think of a typical Linux system. The system's functionality is implemented in lots of different languages. Some of it is in binaries, some of it in scripts. Various conventions, semantics, terminology and object systems across the system. Different CLI tools even have different ways of passing arguments. No need to go on. If someone is not interested in this stuff or does not have to learn it for work, the only benefit it could offer them is to make them think of what could have been, and even this is too optimistic. It would probably just make them not want to touch this stuff ever again. With today's technology we could do so much more but who would sit down and design such a system and why? It cannot be the work of a single entity. It seems impossible in the current situation, since everyone is happy. Probably trillions of dollars are circulated each year, developers are paid nicely, companies make money and the users like their laptops and their phones.