[dkersten]

that doesn't mean all the people in the profession should become programmers

No, they shouldn't become programmers, but knowing how to program (and I wouldn't expect them to know much more than the basics required to write real programs and learn more later if they so chose) will not only help them better understand the modern world around them, but they will be able to apply these skills if and when they make sense or at the very least they would have a better idea of how to best communicate their needs to a real programmer.

I'm not a historian because I was thought history in school, so why would everyone be a programmer if everyone learned how to program?