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That was the thinking at the dawn of personal computing, back in the 80s.
Turns out the answer is "no".
"Not yet."
You think the general population the future will hacking code into text editors? That isn't even ubiquitous in the industry, since you can call yourself a developer if you only know how to us graphical tools. They'll be doing something, but it will be analogous to electronic music production as opposed .tk p.suing an instrument.
Computing hasn't even existed for a century yet. Give it time.
There will come a day when ordinary educated folks quicksort their playing cards when they want to put them in order. :)
I insertion sort. :P
Doesn't almost everyone? I've always heard that as the inspiration for insertion sorting.
No way, I pigeonhole sort.