In English every word can be verbed.
A good programming language is a conceptual universe for thinking about programming.
FORTRAN is not a flower but a weed - it is hardy, occasionally blooms, and grows in every computer.
To understand a program, you must become both the machine and the program.
You can measure a programmer's perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing vitality of FORTRAN.
I think it is inevitable that people program poorly. Training will not substantially help matters. We have to learn to live with it.