That&#x27;s funny.  OK, I get your point as well.<p>My only counter might be that Ulysses is a monumental work of art.  We don&#x27;t have anything like that in software -- and not just because we don&#x27;t have a Joyce.  We lack that standardized alphabet.  That we compile&#x2F;interpret programs, that we have a completely different language for data access, that we have in-memory data structures, I could go on and on -- it&#x27;s all getting in our way from creating something monumental.  (I feel like I&#x27;m cheating a bit; I&#x27;ve seen the other side and it&#x27;s beautiful.)