But that's kind of my point: naturally, there are still "hacks" around, I didn't mean to imply otherwise. But as much as the nature of coding has changed, so has the nature of the hacks. I still wonder how easy it is for someone who grew up with IDEs, frameworks/libraries, and StackOverflow to relate to an old-time story like the one above. Sure, you can relate to the general feeling of "something is in the way of me reaching my goal, is there a clever way around it?" but to me, a lot of the "magic" inherent in the older hacks is different from today's. Can that old-time magic still be felt by a kid of today when reading a story like this one?