Absolutely they will be better.  I see the difference every day - a 20 to 30 year old in an office environment versus the many computer-illiterate 50+ year olds.  That's not to say the computer-illiterate employees aren't valuable.  But all other things being equal, would you take the employee that can think through computer issues, and intuitively pick up a new software application, or the one that requires 10 hours a week from the "Help Desk" area, or needs an office assistant to print out their e-mails.  And if you don't see the relationship of these skills to "coding", it's really the ability to think logically, which coding helps to inculcate.