[cunninghamd]

Not being able to program is the illiteracy of this century.

While I agree with this sentiment, I think it's patently false. The vast majority of people have a hard enough time using Word or Excel, let alone being able to understand programming concepts or actually being able to program!

[rbanffy]

> The vast majority of people have a hard enough time using Word or Excel

Being a majority doesn't prevent them from being illiterate. For most of human history illiteracy was the norm.

[cdash]

I have a hard time using word because it always tries to fight what I am trying to do. It is a complicated piece of software that requires quite a bit of time investment to actually understand how everything works.

[yeahbutbut]

It's not false, the illiteracy is just as widespread as in an era before free public education.