I would argue that the gap between programming tools, languages, and platforms is vastly, vastly greater than the gap between various ways of processing words.

I'm saying that you can have the greatest text editor in the world and still be a crap programmer.

So what are you arguing against then? All we're saying is that Scrivener is a good tool.

Who is arguing? I'm summarizing an important fact: the tools are not as important as the craft.