I like the part about "a nation of smart people .. for decades." It has a very "if I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants" feel to it

I like the part about "a nation of smart people .. for decades." It has a very "if I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants" feel to it, and also touches on the fact that we ourselves generally deal with a small subset of All That Is Programming on a daily basis.