> This "we're anything but" mindset is self-perpetuating. 10-25 years from now the next generation of programmers will be saying the same thing. Depends. If th

> This "we're anything but" mindset is self-perpetuating. 10-25 years from now the next generation of programmers will be saying the same thing. Depends. If they're still 20 years behind academia, they deserve to be saying it. If they still have this weird culture that abhors modern advances in favor of "getting shit done" and wastes time arguing what kind of text editor matters, they deserve to say that. > Glass half-full is what I'm trying to accomplish here. I like to say that the glass has 118.29 cubic centimeters of water in it.