Weird is a matter of perspective. I started programming, on terminals (mostly, for class work - some Apple/Commodore twiddling aside), in the early 80s. Learn

Weird is a matter of perspective. I started programming, on terminals (mostly, for class work - some Apple/Commodore twiddling aside), in the early 80s. Learning about scan codes on PCs in the later 80s seemed complicated to me, because it wasn't what I was used to at first. If you are used to a remote device that sends and displays characters, then switch to local integrated devices which exchanges much lower level signals to be mapped in software, the new stuff seems strange. Whether or not it's better or worse depends, I guess.