Fair enough. Let's go with the analogy of a compiler, allowing you to write in python instead of assembly. Certainly this is doing a great deal of "thinking" fo

Fair enough. Let's go with the analogy of a compiler, allowing you to write in python instead of assembly. Certainly this is doing a great deal of "thinking" for you. But hasn't it unlocked the more fun aspect of what you were doing? Not that this is true for everyone; some folks do still like to write assembly by hand, for fun or profit. But a compiler was still a remarkable advancement and worth celebrating.