Great points. I totally agree that there's value in opening the black box. I hope that I got across the point that I actually would love to see more people to

Great points. I totally agree that there's value in opening the black box. I hope that I got across the point that I actually would love to see more people touch programming, even if they aren't going to become professional programmers. The thing I'm objecting to is the false hope--that not everyone has, by the way--that we can dramatically increase the # of actual professional programmers by making things easier.