How sad. Simple coding is getting to the point where it should be an essential or at least highly beneficial skill. Bloomberg also is not a better mayor because he can divide. Should we not teach division? Not everyone can be a programmer, but I see nothing wrong with large numbers of people being able to whip out a bit of perl to make something simple that takes a crapload of monotony out of their day. I am not a programmer. But being able to do a little bash scripting and a small amount of perl has made my life easier.