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

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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.

      "I've seen more information on a frickin' sticky note!" - Dave Kreskowiak

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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

        "I've seen more information on a frickin' sticky note!" - Dave Kreskowiak

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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.

            .AK.

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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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                                :-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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                                Harry Neethling
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                                15 turning 16

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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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                                  Deveshdevil
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                                  16, I used C++ to write tic tac toe games and small menu driven applications...

                                  Coding my dreams, compiling my future..

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                                  • D DaveAuld

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

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                                    fbowmanmalta
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                                    Same here.

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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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                                      AngloThaiSolutions
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                                      11 years old. That was back in 1981, the machine was a Sinclair ZX 81 (massive 0.25kb of memory and no way to save programs - they had to be rekeyed each time).

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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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                                        Mutinda Boniface
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                                        14. I remember writing pascal programs and running them on a floppy disk

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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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                                          Member 9063556
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                                          I think I was about 15 when I was messing around with Delphi 7. Made a nifty object color changer based off a timer once that same year. Did it for the kicks. The first time I wrote serious coding was about 2011, when I was in college (Pseudocode, SQL and then C#).

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