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I remember Game Construction Kit and alike back in the day of 8-bit machines. You could build your own version of Space Invaders, only with aliens smiling and you shooting them down with flowers. Never really took off.

EDIT: this is not to say I don't see a point in your post, just that perhaps games industry is a poor example.

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I agree. The game industry is not a great example. Largely because people are a lot more likley to simply by major party games. Mathematica or Matlab are probably better real world examples, although certainly not an app that Joe Plumber would use.

DSLs in general can do more than dumb skinning... bad example.

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