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by no-such-address 2939 days ago
At the dawn of the "home computer" phenomenon, there was a great deal of optimism computer literacy for the public would include a much richer understanding programming. It's too bad that didn't work out. It doesn't seem fair to blame any specific language or environment because they're all still readily available. It's just that there's so much you need to know, now, to do significant work. I wonder if there's any way to improve this situation. A lot of effort was already expended in this direction.