Wired: "‘Real’ Programming Is an Elitist Myth"
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I made my peace with elitism some time back. As for a myth... eh, whatever. All this stuff will be come and gone, and C will still be around. As will full-fledged databases. Nothing really wrong with these special-purpose applications. But they are applications; you're using them, not programming them.
"Real" programming, BTW, is an ancient inside joke..
As far as real programmers go, I like the Story of Mel.