[adamsea]

This is a great point. I think it is tempting and understandable to, at times, appreciate the "magic" of our profession, but our goal should be able to take away that sense of magic - both in terms of creating programming languages and tools which are more intuitive for human beings, and, as OP says, in terms of education.

There will always be some magic in programming. Unnecessary magic, imho, is just another form of obfuscation.