I don&#x27;t think you&#x27;re bashing me.<p>I&#x27;m telling you the shock is normal, and that this is something you can learn to do.<p>However the desire surprises me: If someone does something I cannot do, and it is beneficial, I want to learn it.<p>Here I point to smaller, faster, and more-correct programs, written in less time. Why would any programmer not want to be able to do <i>that</i>?<p>I never understood Paul&#x27;s Blub essay either, though.