Further from Reaper site:
Refugees Welcome
If you currently use another DAW, you might be reading this because you're contemplating shelling out $150 for the next overhyped version that doesn't address any of the bugs you've been complaining about for five years while adding a bunch of features you couldn't care less about. What does REAPER have to offer you?. . . .

Reaper First public release – December 23, 2005 as freeware.
Look at where Reaper is in that short time compared to BIAB that has been around since MS-DOS,Mac,Atari days ! that is where the current GUI still belongs.C:\DOS\BiaB\run