Even Reaper itself can do knobs better, well, at least slightly - see rotating knob thumb for parameter knobs and sends.
Actually I'm quietly hoping they didn't do the rotating image for the newer knobs because maybe they plan to do it proper and have the line as a placeholder until they replace the knob method altogether. *knocks on wood*
I'm one of those weirdos who found Logic's gui immediately appealing, highly usable and stuffed with smart albeit unconventional ideas handling-wise. It's a good example why a programs interface at times does good giving a *** about how stuff is behaving in all other applications. Serve the purpose, not conventions for convention's sake.
But then again I also am of the rare species which (still) totally digs Logic's environment, so I'm aware I'm different
. I believe partly the program is called Logic because of the way you can build stuff there, assembling all kinds of logic circuits to influence/generate MIDI data streams.