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How old were you when you first wrote a line of code ?

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  • C Captain Price

    :-D :sigh: :zzz: :wtf:

    "If A is a success in life, then A=x+y+z. (Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.)"

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    Ravi Bhavnani
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    • D DaveAuld

      ~10 to 12, Commodore 64. Nothing fancy, just very BASIC stuff...

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      Lost User
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      Me too, although a year or two younger than you were I think.

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      • C Captain Price

        :-D :sigh: :zzz: :wtf:

        "If A is a success in life, then A=x+y+z. (Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.)"

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        Marc Clifton
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        In the womb, if you consider DNA as code. ;) If you mean computer code, about 12, on a PDP/11. Marc

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        • M Mike Hankey

          I was 8 and it was a simpler time (1957) and I was a member of the Secret squadron, here's[^] the details.

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          Manfred Rudolf Bihy
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          I'm sorry Mike I really liked you an' all, but now that you've uncovered your membership of the "Secret Squadron" I guess we'll have to kill you. Please do return your official membership card, your official Secret Squadron manual and be sure to also return your combination badge and decoder. Requiescat in pace. P.S.: Don't call us, we'll find you! ;P

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          Ron White, Comedian

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          • M Manfred Rudolf Bihy

            I'm sorry Mike I really liked you an' all, but now that you've uncovered your membership of the "Secret Squadron" I guess we'll have to kill you. Please do return your official membership card, your official Secret Squadron manual and be sure to also return your combination badge and decoder. Requiescat in pace. P.S.: Don't call us, we'll find you! ;P

            "I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!"

            Ron White, Comedian

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            Mike Hankey
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            Well dang I've been busted. Do I have to return the decoder...really? :(

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            • M Mike Hankey

              Well dang I've been busted. Do I have to return the decoder...really? :(

              VS2010/Atmel Studio 6.1 ToDo Manager Extension The problem with the gene pool is that there is no lifeguard. -Steven Wright

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              Manfred Rudolf Bihy
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              Never mind the decoder Mike, errmm I was just trying to keep you busy. The SSES (Secret Squadron Execution Staff) should be at your doorstep any minute. Just a moment, did I really post this in a public forum. Arrghh, I guess we'll meet in a couple of minutes, wherever that may be. Laters! :doh:

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              • M Manfred Rudolf Bihy

                Never mind the decoder Mike, errmm I was just trying to keep you busy. The SSES (Secret Squadron Execution Staff) should be at your doorstep any minute. Just a moment, did I really post this in a public forum. Arrghh, I guess we'll meet in a couple of minutes, wherever that may be. Laters! :doh:

                "I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!"

                Ron White, Comedian

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                Mike Hankey
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                Ah you slipped up my friend the SSES is no longer secret. :)

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                • M Maximilien

                  10-ish. a Basic and/or Logo line of code.

                  I'd rather be phishing!

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                  Paul Conrad
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                  Maximilien wrote:

                  Logo line of code

                  Yes, I can relate to that. I first got into programming when our "computer" teacher at my elementary school back in the early '80s brought in an Apple ][e with Logo on it. Thought it was really cool, and that's where it all started for me.

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                  • D DaveAuld

                    ~10 to 12, Commodore 64. Nothing fancy, just very BASIC stuff...

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                    Paul Conrad
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                    DaveAuld wrote:

                    Commodore 64

                    :thumbsup: I remember when I got my first C64 back when they came out. Was a fun introductory computer to have as a kid back then :-D

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                    • C Captain Price

                      :-D :sigh: :zzz: :wtf:

                      "If A is a success in life, then A=x+y+z. (Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.)"

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                      PIEBALDconsult
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                      Seventeen. 1983. BASICplus on a PDP-11.

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                      • C Captain Price

                        :-D :sigh: :zzz: :wtf:

                        "If A is a success in life, then A=x+y+z. (Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.)"

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                        _AK_
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                        19, started with c.

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                        • C Captain Price

                          :-D :sigh: :zzz: :wtf:

                          "If A is a success in life, then A=x+y+z. (Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.)"

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                          Mark H2
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                          17, last year of high school in applied maths. Fortran prog to alphabetically sort a list of names. Bugger me if it didn't work :omg:

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                          • C Captain Price

                            :-D :sigh: :zzz: :wtf:

                            "If A is a success in life, then A=x+y+z. (Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.)"

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                            Manmohan29
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                            I was 7 :) It all started with LOGO.

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                            • C Captain Price

                              :-D :sigh: :zzz: :wtf:

                              "If A is a success in life, then A=x+y+z. (Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.)"

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                              Lost User
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                              Pravinda-Amarathunge wrote:

                              How old were you when you first wrote a line of code ?

                              13 It was a PC Logo program.

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                              • C Captain Price

                                :-D :sigh: :zzz: :wtf:

                                "If A is a success in life, then A=x+y+z. (Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.)"

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                                Daniel Cohen Gindi
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                                4.5

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                                • C Captain Price

                                  :-D :sigh: :zzz: :wtf:

                                  "If A is a success in life, then A=x+y+z. (Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.)"

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                                  vonb
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                                  10 or so, was on a home assembled machine (my father did it), much like a C64.. In.. assembler, later started with BASICA on a Commodore PC 10

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                                  • C Captain Price

                                    :-D :sigh: :zzz: :wtf:

                                    "If A is a success in life, then A=x+y+z. (Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.)"

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                                    Guy Lavi
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                                    I was 8, and it was Basic. Right afterwards I started messing with Assembly. Yes. Weird kid.

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                                    • R Ron Beyer

                                      12 or so, spent a lot of time doing weird things with QBasic and TrueBasic.

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                                      ExcellentOrg
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                                      14. Year 1984. Wrote few games like Tic Tac Toe and a Payroll application in ROM Basic. It was on earliest PC that had no hard drive and everything was on a removable 8" floppy.

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                                      • C Captain Price

                                        :-D :sigh: :zzz: :wtf:

                                        "If A is a success in life, then A=x+y+z. (Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.)"

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                                        Sanil Singh Tomar
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                                        10-ish started with Logo and GW Basic

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                                        • R Ron Beyer

                                          12 or so, spent a lot of time doing weird things with QBasic and TrueBasic.

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                                          fbowmanmalta
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                                          11. It was code inspired by the listings in the Commodore 64's User Manual. Great times. It was 1983.

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