I have a relative who's been programming since forever (although he would never call himself a programmer), and he talks about the first time he saw FORTRAN IV.

I have a relative who's been programming since forever (although he would never call himself a programmer), and he talks about the first time he saw FORTRAN IV. Finally there was a language where you didn't have to be a programmer or know about computers to use. You just typed in what you wanted the computer to do and it did it. You could solve your own problems without having to wait for the programmers to do it for you. So clearly the desire to get "programming" out of the exclusive domain of programmers is hardly a new thing.