On the other hand, a doctor need not know all of Latin (especially the fiddly bits about case and conjugation), but enough to pick out the roots of words they c

On the other hand, a doctor need not know all of Latin (especially the fiddly bits about case and conjugation), but enough to pick out the roots of words they come across. While I'm sure there is a small subset of doctors who actively study medieval literature for, say, bits of age-old wisdom that do hold a grain of truth, for most practicing physicians, they merely ought to have a grasp that, say, renal refers to kidneys, etc. Similarly, I don't think programmers ought necessarily be able to compose particularly good machine/assembly code. I'd suspect, however, that having been exposed to it at some point will make one be able to handle a broader range of situations better.