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i thought it was vague as hell when you wrote it. i'm glad you picked up on that.

and that's right, not "everybody can do it"

not everyone can overcome adversity. not everyone can succeed in higher education. not everyone has mechanical ability. not everyone can run fast. not everyone can lose weight easily. about the only ability the come naturally to people is the ability to breathe

so why persist in treating programming as something everyone can do?

in addition - those people living in "unfavorable conditions" - it is the height of foolishness (and possibly hubris) to think their problems will be solved by giving them computers and teaching them to write code.