If my experience and knowledge hasn't convinced you here's a written spiel:
Illic est nusquam novus sub sol solis Niente nuovo sotto il sole Alli es nada nuevo bajo el sol Il ya a rien de nouveau sous le soleil There is nothing new under the sun
Latin Italian Spanish French
Latin is the basis for translating over 20 languages. Once you know this dead language you can guess the meaning of any of these languages when you see them written. Popular programming and scripting languages have ancient (over 20 years) roots. VBA and Python are rooted in object-oriented languages like C and Java.
I took Latin in high school to become a doctor or a lawyer. I told my mother that but I was curious how to pronounce ae that I kept seeing in this old Latin textbook I found. As the class progressed I started seeing similarities between this old language and some elementary school Spanish vocabulary words.
I didn't take a programming course until college. I had spent hours copying programs out of magazines and books into my ZX81 and Commodore 64 for at least 3 years before. I learned the hex numbers I was POKEing stood for opcodes and alphanumeric characters by all that copying.
When I got a job with mainframes I learned different hex numbers that were close to my little C64. Then there was JCL and printing codes to learn. When I became a systems programmer I became familiar with the difference between applications and scripts.
When all you have is a hammer the whole world is a nail. I have a hammers, a couple of screwdrivers, pliers, and a wrench.
I can see through the newness to the reason de etre of the computer product.