How many people born 50 years ago realistically had access to computers, though? It's considerably easier to learn programming when you can test things, and PCs weren't readily available until the late 70s. (Anyone in their 50s now would have already been in their 20s in 1978...)
I was lucky enough to get a Commodore 64 when I was six or so, and taught myself simple programming stuff with library books. That's probably more or less true of several other people here. Imagine not even using a computer until after college, or learning by submitting code on punch cards, one batch per day.
I was lucky enough to get a Commodore 64 when I was six or so, and taught myself simple programming stuff with library books. That's probably more or less true of several other people here. Imagine not even using a computer until after college, or learning by submitting code on punch cards, one batch per day.