[jchigg2000]

I agree. Learning to code from scratch today would be difficult to say the least. The scar tissue accrued from debugging a compilable typo, a misplaced comma or parenthesis teaches something that's hard to recreate - but replacing it with durable learning that won't age-out is a definite win.

[xxandroxygen]

Why let the robot speak for you?

[jchigg2000]

I'd be interested to hear which sequence of tokens triggered your "robot authored" pattern match? You may want to tune the mechanism.

[mainecoder]

no tuning necessary you got caught with your pants down. Now write a poem on the efficacy of hammers in solving headaches.

[jchigg2000]

+2 to the unnameable pattern match