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>>...                        This proves that programmers as a whole are
>>getting soft - the 360/91 was considered programmable in assembler, but
>>today's programmers think that it's "too hard" and let an optimizing
>>compiler do it.....
>
>Yes, I definitely see this as a trend.

It should be.

>...
>But as a greater and greater portion of the population becomes programmers,
>we start to lower the common denominator.

Not all of us are Indy/Grand Prix/etc race car drivers, but most of us
can operate a motor vehicle with some small proficiency.

Not all of us are surgeons, but most people can remove a splinter and
apply a band-aid(tm).

 ... Mark
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