tcrow-2000 | 14 years ago | on: Computers are for humans
I don't think he's arguing that more people in other fields should not learn to program, rather that the primary goal of general computer use is to make easier/enhance the lives of its users. This goal is of course ultimately derived from the hard work of the programming community, of which should always be accepting of more participants. We just have to keep in mind that computers should always serve their primary goal, and those that choose to work with computers on a deeper level (programming) should always keep that goal in mind, you don't create a program for the general user that requires them to know programing in order to use it