I feel it’s important to stick up for the difference between text and code. The two overlap a lot, but not all text is code, even if most code is text.

It’s a really subtle difference but I can’t quite put my finger on why it is important. I think of all the little text files I’ve made over the decades that record information in various different ways where the only real syntax they share is that they use short lines (80 columns) and use line orientation for semantics (lah-dee-dah way of saying lots of lists!)

I have a lot of experience of being firmly ensconced in software engineering environments where the only resources being authored and edited were source code files.

But I’ve also had a lot of experience of the kind of admin / project / clerical work where you make up files as you go along. Teaching in a high school was a great place to practice that kind of thing.