There have undoubtedly been advances in algorithms that are hard to really communicate to people. However, I think it is also arguable that the advance in comp

There have undoubtedly been advances in algorithms that are hard to really communicate to people. However, I think it is also arguable that the advance in computing resources has enabled some of the algorithm advances that people would use in these discussions. That said, the discussion on "better built-in languages" feels like it is aiming at something I don't understand. Older computers booting into a programming environment was something that worked really well for what it was aiming to do. You could argue that BASIC was a terrible language, but there were other options. I think the current raspberry pi setup is quite a good example for what you are speaking to? Mathematica is preloaded with a free license and is near magical compared to the programs most of us are writing.