The article starts by mentioning the programmatic interfaces, but the point here is to be better able to write quick, clear scripts, not full programs. It's so

The article starts by mentioning the programmatic interfaces, but the point here is to be better able to write quick, clear scripts, not full programs. It's solving a -different- problem, and it may not be a problem that you personally have, but as I think the various excited comments rather demonstrate, it absolutely -is- a problem plenty of people -do- have and it's a really nice thing to have available for us.