[yjftsjthsd-h]

> How permanently stunted are today's programmers which have always collaborated with a compiler or interpreter, and never once written or even looked at assembly?

Not fatally, but the answer to that is not zero

[margalabargala]

That's tricky.

Did people who would become programmers become worse programmers?

Or did programming just become more accessible, drawing more mediocre talent and dragging down the average skill level?