I think that 'hard' really needs qualification here. Programming languages are designed to allow us to do what we need to. It might be difficult to perform inc

I think that 'hard' really needs qualification here. Programming languages are designed to allow us to do what we need to. It might be difficult to perform incredibly complex tasks, but that's because the task is complex. For example, cycling is easy. Cycling at high speed sustained is hard. Or rather it requires masses of training, discipline, etc. I have also always found programming to be 'easy', but that doesn't mean I can somehow instantly solve any problem, or that everything is tractable, just that the actual tools have always seemed reasonably natural/sensible to me.