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

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  • Mike HankeyM Mike Hankey

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

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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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          ~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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                              :-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...

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                                      ~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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