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

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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

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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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                            • 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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                              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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                                        • 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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                                          Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter
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                                          10 - C64 - Assembly...

                                          I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is (V).

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