On Sun, 2011-10-02 at 20:14 -0700, Cédric Beust ♔ wrote: [ . . . ] > > Yeah, it's nonsense. Probably close to 100% of the great developers > that I know started with BASIC. I bet most people on this list over > the age of thirty did as well. I think we all turned out okay.
Some of us started programming using real programming languages. FORTRAN. COBOL. None of this nambi-pambi BASIC rubbish :-) More seriously: It's not about the language, it's about the problem, the solution, and most importantly, the motivation. My motivation was solving maths and physics problems at school, hence FORTRAN. Most people's motivation is more likely games of one sort or another. -- Russel. ============================================================================= Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 voip: sip:[email protected] 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 xmpp: [email protected] London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk skype: russel_winder
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