Something else for a bit of a left-field comment.... I think active and potential programmers and computer scientists would benefit greatly from adding advanced mathematics (particularly cyphers, patterns and Artificial Intelligence) and Quantum Physics, Mechanics to their arsenal of tools. This is where things are…

Assembly is almost the lowest layer of abstraction, applicable to all languages. It, therefore, holds true that most/all modern 4GL languages should be backwards-compatible with Assembly. Once one understands the most granular of building blocks, structures, patterns and solutions to common problems, all problems may…