On Mon, Dec 26, 2022 at 05:23:45PM +0000, abq@bitrot.link wrote:

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> So, that addresses the cost. What was the benefit?

I think it's more elucidating to view that in terms of
(technical) path dependency [1]: Org inherits from Outline,
which doesn't think in terms of (recursive) sections
(as would, e.g. XML) but in terms of headlines. Sections
came as a secondary concept (whatever is "below" a headline).

Changing the model in-flight seems prohibitive at this
stage, with all the accumulated wetware.

Cheers

[1] sometimes called "hysterical raisins" around here

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