I didn't pick up an anti-intellectual tone. His point is the same way I feel: stuff like type systems and homoiconicity (I don't even know what that means) don

I didn't pick up an anti-intellectual tone. His point is the same way I feel: stuff like type systems and homoiconicity (I don't even know what that means) don't interest me. I'd rather think about the work that I'm doing. Also, these things are a step or two above my level of understanding (but probably not the op's). I do care about security, thread safety, modularity, etc... but I can't really contribute to the debate about how we get there.