I agree that having more programming discussions would be wonderful. Trouble is, we seem to have scared away many of the passionate programmers (BT, TSE, etc.). Even CRC doesn't post here as much as he used to. It's not fair of us to have you carry all the weight.
Admin's musings about "articles" would make discussions about programming have a longer life, I think, since they could be made sticky to get more eyeball time.
We need more eyeballs here...
Cheers,
Scott.