I am not against people understanding software. I never argued to have "a small self-selected group of people understand that software". However "learning to p

I am not against people understanding software. I never argued to have "a small self-selected group of people understand that software". However "learning to program" and "understanding software" is not the same thing. Learning to program helps one to better understand software, but it's not a necessity or requirement of it. "Everyone needs to learn" vs "People who needs to interact with software needs to better understand it" are very different points on the "understanding software" axis.