[pianoben]

The way I see it, the problem being addressed here is that there is structured data (for some definition of "structured"), and we are in search of a useful visual representation of that data in various aggregates.

Lisp is a fantastic tool for accomplishing this, but to me, Access is tailor-made for exactly this problem (and a whole lot more besides, it's a beast). If one follows the trail of the original problem far enough, I think one is likely to end up with an Access-like solution regardless of implementation language.