"It’s the under-appreciated intellectual capital of the programming world, in that its ideas (eventually) trickle down into the rest of the industry, but it’s s

"It’s the under-appreciated intellectual capital of the programming world, in that its ideas (eventually) trickle down into the rest of the industry, but it’s still a ghetto". That kind of smug, holier-than-thou, condescending attitude is the VERY reason why FP is a "ghetto". If this were the 16th century, you'd be a Spanish soldier spreading the holy word of God and "enlightening" the savages, wouldn't you?