I assume because it’s faster, easier, and requires less expertise to get started with a Visual Programming Language (VPL). This is why people use Scratch to int

I assume because it’s faster, easier, and requires less expertise to get started with a Visual Programming Language (VPL). This is why people use Scratch to introduce kids to programming, so maybe it makes for humanities students? But people have certainly been using VPLs for a long time for web site generators, for business automation, CRUD apps, point-of-sale systems, etc. There are lots of different goals people talk about with VPLs, including simplifying maintenance, limiting technical debt and over-engineering, having the ability to hire and employ people who have non-CS expertise, or just don’t have a CS degree, reducing training time, etc. What do you mean by “insistence”, are you referring to this article or the broader ongoing existence of visual programming languages?