> Or the people drawn to the tedium of early programming were just really good and mentally twisted in the right way to enjoy it. Agree. I think what was happ

> Or the people drawn to the tedium of early programming were just really good and mentally twisted in the right way to enjoy it. Agree. I think what was happening was the the lack of feedback fit the mental models of the people who were attracted to computers early. For another example of this,Ken Thompson famously said that he never quite understood why anyone would want to see the whole file they were editing instead of the single line. But instant feedback attracted more people to programing.