Comment by yjftsjthsd-h

6 days ago

> 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

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?