Fortran? COBOL? You were lucky! When I started programming, I had to punch cards using me own tongue, and if you missed an ole, your father used to beat you until you were dead, to get a slot on machine, we used to have to get up half an hour before we went to bed, etc. etc.
Matthew. Le 3 octobre 2011 10:33, Russel Winder <[email protected]> a écrit : > 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 > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
