Emacs does pretty well. Its focus, however, is text rather than GUI. However, it has a really tight connection between intent and restult. Your point is a good

Emacs does pretty well. Its focus, however, is text rather than GUI. However, it has a really tight connection between intent and restult. Your point is a good one. VB, especially in the context of VBA in Excel, was quite effective. Was it Joel Spolsky who headed VBA design?