Computer literacy

I learned SAS and then forgot it. Ditto for SPSS. My friend's data collection still runs on a TurboPascal, the programmer just retired after 40 years of service. I have Stata envy, will I every knuckle down and learn it? One friend of mine complained Matematica was far too complicated; another said it was his professional lifeblood. Maybe I should sign up for a Drupal class. And then twice last week I coached colleagues through how to do sums in Excel. Literacy, numeracy, computeracy.....