Comment by Jtsummers

You agree with the author.

>> No, the hard part of programming is understanding in very specific and rigid details how to accomplish a task.

  The real benefit of something like Project Bloks is that it actually
  removes the code; it allows children to begin thinking
  programmatically, without the obstacle of syntax. And this is a
  tough distinction to make, because people often use “programming”
  and “coding” synonymously. But the fact of the matter is thinking
  programmatically needs to be divorced from writing code: the former
  offers large educational value to a broad range of students, while
  the latter offers very little.