when did you start writing programs, websites, etc. ?
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hi i wanna know when u startet programming? and i wanna know who was the youngest i will post later my dates peter
1974, in FORTRAN II, at age 19.:) But I had to wait until 1975 to run it, as there were no computers available outside of major corporations and Universities. At the time, that was probably the youngest possible age to learn, as the book I learned from was in the part of the library restricted to adults. "Another day done - All targets met; all systems fully operational; all customers satisfied; all staff keen and well motivated; all pigs fed and ready to fly" - Jennie A.
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The earliest I can remember (with a date) is May 1983. I would have been 8 years 8 months old at the time. However, my dad brought home a Comodore Pet from work a couple of years earlier and I typed a program from the book. (Although I don't know if that counts) One of my first programs was a security program. And I can vaguely recall it:
10 PRINT "What is your age?"
20 INPUT a
30 IF a < 8 THEN PRINT "You are too young to use this computer" : GO TO 10
40 PRINT "You are old enough to use this computer"It was designed to stop my little sister using the computer. --Colin Mackay-- When Monty Python meets Star Trek: WHAT is your name? Captain Jean-Luc Picard. WHAT is your quest? I seek the Holy Grail. WHAT is the average velocity of a Bird of Prey? Romulan or Klingon? I ... I don't know AAAAAHHHHH!
and did your sister stopped using the computer? that looks for me like a type of basic, also used in machines for lighting diodes i startet a so a year ago, at 13 (i'm now 14), with c++, but i quickly gave it up, because it was too complicate for me now i'm a c# developer, since a half year, and i'm getting better
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and did your sister stopped using the computer? that looks for me like a type of basic, also used in machines for lighting diodes i startet a so a year ago, at 13 (i'm now 14), with c++, but i quickly gave it up, because it was too complicate for me now i'm a c# developer, since a half year, and i'm getting better
Peter Reiter wrote: and did your sister stopped using the computer? that looks for me like a type of basic, also used in machines for lighting diodes i startet a so a year ago, at 13 (i'm now 14), with c++, but i quickly gave it up, because it was too complicate for me now i'm a c# developer, since a half year, and i'm getting better i was that, forgot to log in
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hi i wanna know when u startet programming? and i wanna know who was the youngest i will post later my dates peter
I started programming in BASIC on a TRS-80 (1979/80). It was upgraded to 16K RAM. :cool: I was 9 or 10 yrs. old. I remember going to a 1 week computer camp during the summer with my brother. (geez what a bunch of dorks) :rolleyes:
"Things are not what they seem. Nor are they any different."
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hi i wanna know when u startet programming? and i wanna know who was the youngest i will post later my dates peter
beta3 wrote: i wanna know when u startet programming? and i wanna know who was the youngest Hmmm, I think I was 8 (so 1986) when I got given a ( by then already outdated :-D ) secondhand ZX81 with 16K expansion and a bit of board to stick under it :-) So I learnt ZX81 BASIC (and still have the manual floating around somewhere). I think my first program not typed in from the book was something to count to a million, so I left it for a couple of hours running (with the black and white TV I had it plugged into off, naturally), and came back to find it had only reached 50,000 or something, so I switched it off :-D Followed that up with an Amstrad CPC 6128 a couple of years later (I would have been 10, IIRC), which used Locomotive BASIC (1.1! With the new ORIGIN keyword!), along with LOGO running in a CPM environment you could boot the machine with (I wished the manual had a better guide to CPM). There was also a dismal attempt to learn Z80 Assembler :-) What did nark me off was that I almost never got to use the computers at school at that age (or at least, it seemed to me I got to use them much less than the other kids) - I had to specifically go and ask to use the BBC Micro at lunchtimes and used some books I found in the library to draw shapes on the screen in BBC BASIC (which was of course, subtly different to the two BASICs I had already learned) I also tried my hand at designing my own languages around then too - so you could write games using constructs like "MOVE SPACESHIP UP" and "PLAY TUNE". Guess that was foreshadowing Visual Basic :-) -- Ian Darling "The moral of the story is that with a contrived example, you can prove anything." - Joel Spolsky
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hi i wanna know when u startet programming? and i wanna know who was the youngest i will post later my dates peter
in the year 2000 I was 11 years old. and I began with C but then I used QBasic(Quick Baisc) and now I am back to (ISO)C++ and C# scio me nihil scire My OpenSource(zlib/libpng License) Engine: http://sourceforge.net/projects/rendertech Its incurable, its a Pentium division failure.
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in the year 2000 I was 11 years old. and I began with C but then I used QBasic(Quick Baisc) and now I am back to (ISO)C++ and C# scio me nihil scire My OpenSource(zlib/libpng License) Engine: http://sourceforge.net/projects/rendertech Its incurable, its a Pentium division failure.
hi u are also at www.programmiererboard.de, aren't u? p.s.: is 'scio me nihil scire' a quote or did u write it? if its not a quote i would but scio at the end, so it's real latin how u find it in old books the verbum is in latin at the end, normally, but in fact, u can put it everywhere u want
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hi u are also at www.programmiererboard.de, aren't u? p.s.: is 'scio me nihil scire' a quote or did u write it? if its not a quote i would but scio at the end, so it's real latin how u find it in old books the verbum is in latin at the end, normally, but in fact, u can put it everywhere u want
yes, I am from p.de ps: scio me nihil scire is latin and it means: I know, that I know nothing Verb: yes, but i've learned this sentence so in school ;) scio me nihil scire My OpenSource(zlib/libpng License) Engine: http://sourceforge.net/projects/rendertech Its incurable, its a Pentium division failure.
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yes, I am from p.de ps: scio me nihil scire is latin and it means: I know, that I know nothing Verb: yes, but i've learned this sentence so in school ;) scio me nihil scire My OpenSource(zlib/libpng License) Engine: http://sourceforge.net/projects/rendertech Its incurable, its a Pentium division failure.
i knew it means 'I know I know nothing' (in english also exist the AcI-Construct (AcI - Acusativum cum Infinitivum) i learned it so ;) does anyone else wants to share with us his/her start of writing programs
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i knew it means 'I know I know nothing' (in english also exist the AcI-Construct (AcI - Acusativum cum Infinitivum) i learned it so ;) does anyone else wants to share with us his/her start of writing programs
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M_M_G wrote: Er...one question: Why is everyone learning LATIN??? i learn it because i have to by school :(( i wish i could use the space my latin needs for other things and my latin teacher :mad::mad::mad::mad: i could go insane because of her
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>> Er...one question: Why is everyone learning LATIN??? because I learn LATIN only for 2 years after these 2 years(now only 6 months left ;) ) I go to a special programming school ;) If I had not choosen Latin, I had to learn italian or french X| scio me nihil scire My OpenSource(zlib/libpng License) Engine: http://sourceforge.net/projects/rendertech Its incurable, its a Pentium division failure.
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>> Er...one question: Why is everyone learning LATIN??? because I learn LATIN only for 2 years after these 2 years(now only 6 months left ;) ) I go to a special programming school ;) If I had not choosen Latin, I had to learn italian or french X| scio me nihil scire My OpenSource(zlib/libpng License) Engine: http://sourceforge.net/projects/rendertech Its incurable, its a Pentium division failure.
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I'm learning French, and I really like it! :) But tell me more about this special programming school!
its called HTL(Höhere Technische Lehranstalt = Higher Technical School)(http://www.htl-vil.ac.at/) it goes over 5 years and then you get a school-leaving examination (called Matura) you learn afaik C,Cobol(Zix),C++,C# and Java. Maybe also other languaged scio me nihil scire My OpenSource(zlib/libpng License) Engine: http://sourceforge.net/projects/rendertech Its incurable, its a Pentium division failure.
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1974, in FORTRAN II, at age 19.:) But I had to wait until 1975 to run it, as there were no computers available outside of major corporations and Universities. At the time, that was probably the youngest possible age to learn, as the book I learned from was in the part of the library restricted to adults. "Another day done - All targets met; all systems fully operational; all customers satisfied; all staff keen and well motivated; all pigs fed and ready to fly" - Jennie A.
Roger Wright wrote: At the time, that was probably the youngest possible age to learn, as the book I learned from was in the part of the library restricted to adults. ROTFLMAO. My how times have changed, eh Roger. :-D Chris Meech It's much easier to get rich telling people what they want to hear. Christopher Duncan I can't help getting older, but I refuse to grow up. Roger Wright I've been meaning to change my sig. Thanks! Alvaro Mendez We're more like a hobbiest in a Home Depot drooling at all the shiny power tools, rather than a craftsman that makes the chair to an exacting level of comfort by measuring the customer's butt. Marc Clifton
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Roger Wright wrote: At the time, that was probably the youngest possible age to learn, as the book I learned from was in the part of the library restricted to adults. ROTFLMAO. My how times have changed, eh Roger. :-D Chris Meech It's much easier to get rich telling people what they want to hear. Christopher Duncan I can't help getting older, but I refuse to grow up. Roger Wright I've been meaning to change my sig. Thanks! Alvaro Mendez We're more like a hobbiest in a Home Depot drooling at all the shiny power tools, rather than a craftsman that makes the chair to an exacting level of comfort by measuring the customer's butt. Marc Clifton
Chris Meech wrote: how times have changed No doubt about it! I seem to recall that things like programming were a whole lot easier to learn then, too! Of course, we didn't have Windows, pointers, references, handles, message maps, and GUIs to contend with...:sigh: "Another day done - All targets met; all systems fully operational; all customers satisfied; all staff keen and well motivated; all pigs fed and ready to fly" - Jennie A.