Comments on: How I got started programming http://toxicsoftware.com/how-i-got-started-programming/ RANDOMIZE USR 0 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:00:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: color_charthttp://toxicsoftware.com/how-i-got-started-programming/comment-page-1/#comment-22318 color_chart Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:46:05 +0000 http://toxicsoftware.com/?p=347#comment-22318 <p>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 :)</p> 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_charthttp://toxicsoftware.com/how-i-got-started-programming/comment-page-1/#comment-22193 color_chart Mon, 10 Nov 2008 11:46:05 +0000 http://toxicsoftware.com/?p=347#comment-22193 <p>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 :)</p> 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: Seanhttp://toxicsoftware.com/how-i-got-started-programming/comment-page-1/#comment-22124 Sean Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:32:18 +0000 http://toxicsoftware.com/?p=347#comment-22124 <p>"I always get a kick out of programming, there’s something about it that just nourishes my mind."<br><br>Does this include the creation of 'workflow' components for broadband installation software? (ha-ha)</p> “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)

]]> By: How I Got Started Programming « loop labelhttp://toxicsoftware.com/how-i-got-started-programming/comment-page-1/#comment-22118 How I Got Started Programming « loop label Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:19:41 +0000 http://toxicsoftware.com/?p=347#comment-22118 <p>[...] Browsing through programming blogs at wordpress.com I noticed an interesting post (inspired by a similar post at toxicsoftware.com) asking people how they got started programming. It turned out this has been going on for a while, [...]</p> [...] Browsing through programming blogs at wordpress.com I noticed an interesting post (inspired by a similar post at toxicsoftware.com) asking people how they got started programming. It turned out this has been going on for a while, [...]

]]> By: Jonathan Wighthttp://toxicsoftware.com/how-i-got-started-programming/comment-page-1/#comment-22031 Jonathan Wight Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:27:11 +0000 http://toxicsoftware.com/?p=347#comment-22031 <p>Long gone I'm afraid.</p> Long gone I'm afraid.

]]> By: Jonathan Wighthttp://toxicsoftware.com/how-i-got-started-programming/comment-page-1/#comment-21703 Jonathan Wight Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:27:11 +0000 http://toxicsoftware.com/?p=347#comment-21703 <p>Long gone I'm afraid.</p> Long gone I’m afraid.

]]> By: Annehttp://toxicsoftware.com/how-i-got-started-programming/comment-page-1/#comment-22030 Anne Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:48:29 +0000 http://toxicsoftware.com/?p=347#comment-22030 <p>"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."<br><br>You're so, so right about that. <br><br>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!</p> “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: Annehttp://toxicsoftware.com/how-i-got-started-programming/comment-page-1/#comment-21702 Anne Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:48:29 +0000 http://toxicsoftware.com/?p=347#comment-21702 <p>"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."</p><p>You're so, so right about that.</p><p>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!</p> “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!

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