I think the lower-level aspects of programming hold us back as sapient beings, and thereby reduce the art form: we are not, on the whole, good at them; they should fall under the computer’s purview. They often serve to frustrate the efforts of those who cannot, and misdirect the efforts of those who can. I do not believe anyone can be a programmer (it is in my view a calling), but nor do I wish that the power to understand and control the abilities of computers be restricted to those with a freakish knack for manipulating bits (to paraphrase Bret Victor). I believe many of the points raised in Lockhart’s Lament apply to programming as well as mathematics (and many disciplines besides).
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