學寫代碼比學外語更流行？

Is Learning to Code More Popular Than Learning a Foreign Language?
這年頭，學寫代碼比學外語更流行？

There was a time when people used to go to night classes or buy DIY guides to learn foreign languages in their spare time. But the New York Times is to have us believe that French and Spanish are out of the window, to be replaced by Python and Java.
曾幾何時，人們都涌進夜校或是購買自學教材，利用空閒時間學習外語。但《紐約時報》的報道卻讓我們相信，曾經很多人癡迷的法語和西班牙語已經不再受重視，現在好學人士的首選已經變成了計算機編程語言Python 和Java。

It's an interesting concept. There's certainly no denying the fact that as a nation we're becoming more tech savvy—you only need to look around a coffee shop to tell you that—and with that is bound to come an increased shift to learning how to make devices work better. From the New York Times:
這是一個非常有趣的觀點。無可否認，在美國這樣的科技大國，越來越多的人變成科技通，只要環顧咖啡店四周你就會發現我所言非虛。越來越多的人使用電子設備，人們也必然要學習更多的程序知識讓自己的設備更好用。以下內容摘自《紐約時報》：

"Parlez-vous Python? What about Rails or JavaScript? Foreign languages tend to wax and wane in popularity, but the language du jour is computer code.
你會Python代碼嗎？還有Rails 源代碼和 JavaScript代碼？外語學習的人氣似乎有所減弱，現在正當紅的語言是計算機代碼。

"The market for night classes and online instruction in programming and Web construction, as well as for iPhone apps that teach, is booming. Those jumping on board say they are preparing for a future in which the Internet is the foundation for entertainment, education and nearly everything else. Knowing how the digital pieces fit together, they say, will be crucial to ensuring that they are not left in the dark ages."
學習編程和網站建設的夜校和在線培訓市場蓬勃發展，當然還有蘋果應用程序開發。學員們都表示打好基礎才能迎接這樣的程序未來：互聯網將成爲娛樂、教育和其他一切領域的基礎。他們表示，瞭解數位是如何組裝在一起的很關鍵，這樣才能確保他們不會被最新的科技拋棄在黑暗時代。

But is it really crucial to be able to code? Many content producers use technology virtually every waking hour of their life, and they don't know a variable from an identifier, or an integer from a string. Personally, I'm conflicted: I have a technical background, but for most people I just don't see how being able to compile code is going to prove useful.
不過會寫代碼真的這麼重要麼？許多內容生產者幾乎每時每刻都在使用科技，但他們分不清變量和標識符，不瞭解整數和字符串之間的差別。就我個人而言我覺得很矛盾：我有一定的技術背景 ，但對於大部分人們來說，我並沒有看出會編寫代碼多有用。

So, I'm going to hand this over to you guys: Is learning to code more popular than learning a foreign language? And, if it is, should it be?
我要把這個問題拋給大家啦：學寫代碼真的比學外語流行？如果確實如此，那到底是好是壞？