I think programming has become so high-level that there's a lot of fundamental computer science that is largely ignored. I mean, I'm sure this person has no ide

I think programming has become so high-level that there's a lot of fundamental computer science that is largely ignored. I mean, I'm sure this person has no idea what an ISA, cache, CAM, or pipeline is either, but you don't need to know to write front-end JavaScript. It does unnerve me as well, since it is so fundamental in my mind. But hey, maybe there is just so much to learn there's no time to teach computer architecture anymore? If you want to feel humbled, read the book "Hackers Delight". It is about 300 pages of mostly bitwise algorithms and operations. I thought I knew a thing or two from decades coding, but this book goes so deep that my brain just shut off. https://www.powells.com/book/hackers-delight-1st-edition-9780201914658 https://www.powells.com/book/hackers-delight-1st-edition-978... EDIT: Upon further pondering, bitwise operations make certain assumptions about machine word size for that context. It could be dangerous for higher level languages to allow bitwise ops if the # of bits isn't known, as this context of instructions is generally tied to the hardware: the opposite of high level languages!