Originally Posted by
superangrypenguin
Thats like saying you can't be a good programmer if you can't speak binary

No, it's like saying you can't be a good programmer if you don't understand how binary works. Which I also agree with.
I'm not sure what you mean by "speak binary" though. I can count up to 1023 on my fingers because I "speak binary". Most people can only count to 10.