Comments on: How I got started programming

By: color_chart

color_chart — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:46:05 +0000

OH my god… The zx81… Now that brings back some memories… that horrible touchpad keyboard… I started with zx81 but i have to say that computer really put me off because its keyboard, I was only 12 at the time… I didnt really start learning until I got my commodore 64.. although I remember buying the programming magazines so that i could copy the programs from inside them to see what they did… Syntax error on line 10… Fix, run again – syntax error on line 20, fix run again, syntax error on line 30… lol… thank god technology has advanced so much since then… I get Parse errors now :)

By: color_chart

color_chart — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 11:46:05 +0000

By: Sean

Sean — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:32:18 +0000

"I always get a kick out of programming, there’s something about it that just nourishes my mind."

Does this include the creation of 'workflow' components for broadband installation software? (ha-ha)

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How I Got Started Programming « loop label — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:19:41 +0000

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By: Jonathan Wight

Jonathan Wight — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:27:11 +0000

Long gone I'm afraid.

By: Jonathan Wight

Jonathan Wight — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:27:11 +0000

Long gone I’m afraid.

By: Anne

Anne — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:48:29 +0000

"Kind of like how travel is said to broaden the mind, I think learning (or at least dabbling) in a lot of different languages broadens a developer’s mind."

You're so, so right about that.

Do you still have any of the old games or programs you wrote? I wish I had mine, but everything was on floppies that are long gone now. Curse the transience of physical media!

By: Anne

Anne — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:48:29 +0000

"Kind of like how travel is said to broaden the mind, I think learning (or at least dabbling) in a lot of different languages broadens a developer’s mind."

You're so, so right about that.

Do you still have any of the old games or programs you wrote? I wish I had mine, but everything was on floppies that are long gone now. Curse the transience of physical media!

By: JulesLt

JulesLt — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:12:25 +0000

Similar background here – I was always intrigued by the QL (first 68000 based machine) though. And it's funny to see the Transputer architecture coming back in (Cell/Core). They were right – that we couldn't just keep increasing clock-speeds. Just 15 years too early.

You should take a look at the GCSE IT course books – a whole page / exercise for 'Closing Internet Explorer'. The curse of 'relevance'.

By: JulesLt

JulesLt — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:12:25 +0000

Similar background here – I was always intrigued by the QL (first 68000 based machine) though. And it’s funny to see the Transputer architecture coming back in (Cell/Core). They were right – that we couldn’t just keep increasing clock-speeds. Just 15 years too early.

You should take a look at the GCSE IT course books – a whole page / exercise for ‘Closing Internet Explorer’. The curse of ‘relevance’.