"Classic: a book which people praise and don't read." http://www.twainquotes.com/Classic.html http://www.twainquotes.com/Classic.html In other words: Yes, in

"Classic: a book which people praise and don't read." http://www.twainquotes.com/Classic.html http://www.twainquotes.com/Classic.html In other words: Yes, in a world where every coder had an MIT degree, nobody would be especially impressed by DSLs. Or maybe that wouldn't be enough. I've met several people who had SICP for their first-year programming class and did not like it at all.