[hnthrowaway0315]

Also the hardware and software are so complicated, that probably no single person on this earth can carry any 64-bit CPU into his brain -- unlike back in the 8-bit and 16-bit eras, good programmers NEED to do that. I think the year 2,000 was sort of the thresh line.

[xandrius]

I think it's a no true scotsman statement.

I believe one can be a good programmer without knowing where a memory register physically lives in a modern CPU.

[hnthrowaway0315]

That's for sure.