"I'll keep an eye on Torvalds and Carmack because I don't think they'll give up programming as they get older." Torvalds is just a lad. Good heavens. Seriousl

"I'll keep an eye on Torvalds and Carmack because I don't think they'll give up programming as they get older." Torvalds is just a lad. Good heavens. Seriously, does he not mainly manage the project and use his encyclopedic knowledge of the kernel and its functions to keep the garden clean? Or is he still bashing out pages of gnarly C?? My point being that as people attain experience and knowledge of a certain area other more integrative tasks might be a better use of their (hopefully more expensive) time. PS: Pushing 60. My eyesight now requires correction for close work but most other functions seem to be ok.