As a programmer in my sixties, who started professionally in 1975, I do not regard myself as some repository of arcane and obsolete skills but like to think tha

As a programmer in my sixties, who started professionally in 1975, I do not regard myself as some repository of arcane and obsolete skills but like to think that I'm at least as current as my younger colleagues. In describing me as 'elderly', I'm afraid that this paper only serves to reinforce the ageist tendencies of this industry, rather than make any meaningful contribution to refuting them.