And "many people" write code by dragging squares around in a GUI and entering equations into spreadsheets, but that method is completely unacceptable to a professional.
The only people who write math in a drawing program are people who don't do enough math to be bothered to learn it.
Re:MathML is a failed web standard
by thanatropism on Thursday April 07, 2016 @12:18PM
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> Some people write their math by hand in LaTeX or other formats, but many use visual tools and draw math similar to drawing diagrams.
Which people?
Everyone I know who uses equations in MS Word abandoned the clicky tools as soon as the pseudolatex entry language became available.
Some people write their math by hand in LaTeX or other formats, but many use visual tools and draw math similar to drawing diagrams. Then those tools generate whatever source code necessary.
In those scenarios, MathML would be much easier to deal with than most other formats. Also, Presentation MathML support is much easier to implement than full-scale support of LaTeX or other more complete math solutions including Content MathML.