[tangus]

>I do not understand how you can even begin coming to the conclusion of ...

Obviously he's not serious, he's playing the part of the out of touch old man.

[anyfoo]

Ah, okay. Maybe it’s more obvious in context, or maybe my hyperbole detector is broken.

[smaudet]

I can imagine grumpy an old man frustrated by a different paradigm shouting at his computer.

We all become that eventually, hopefully we can all be as poetic and humble (and honest) about it.

[yuchi]

Just as a small note I did not get that too.

[nkrisc]

It is a rather common mindset among beginner programmers though, particularly younger ones.