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		yjftsjthsd-h 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: How are parents who program teaching their... > How permanently stunted are today's programmers which have always collaborated with a compiler or interpreter, and never once written or even looked at assembly? Not fatally, but the answer to that is not zero

margalabargala 8 months ago [–]

That's tricky.

Did people who would become programmers become worse programmers?

Or did programming just become more accessible, drawing more mediocre talent and dragging down the average skill level?

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