From 2 comments up: > the great bulk of programmers will be lined up and shot, in retribution for their years of pampered arrogance. _This_ is what your paren

From 2 comments up: > the great bulk of programmers will be lined up and shot, in retribution for their years of pampered arrogance. _This_ is what your parent finds "bizarre". Are you arguing that the same would be said about any other job that was eliminated by changing market conditions? No, that would be insane. They lost their jobs and found a new line of work (or fell into poverty). And that's what will happen to programmers if (when?) our job is eliminated.