I've never seen anyone say that latency is a good thing or that it's not a priority. It's a hard problem and it's being worked on and it's getting significantly better — particularly over the past three releases. It's disingenuous to suggest the latency gripes aren't being heard or respected.

Now what I see frequently is that folks *do* regularly suggest workflows that work for them. Sometimes too zealously, yes. And indeed REPL-based workflows aren't for everyone.

On documentation I whole-heartedly agree. The manual hasn't seen a major re-structuring since its inception AFAIK — and it's long overdue.