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Jack Walters · Feb 8th, 2008, 3:11 PM

I picked up TI-BASIC at the age of 12. Moved up to good ol' Qbasic pretty soon after learning z80 assembly language when I was 13 or 14.

mafaltti · Feb 15th, 2008, 12:18 PM

I'm 19 today and I still just code some HTML tags lol

I need to dedicate.

ScottyB · Feb 15th, 2008, 9:51 PM

Hi All,

I feel like an old man. I didn't seriously start codeing till I was about 27. My first program was a C++ application for a palmtop, designed to collect field data for the department of agriculture.

I think coders are a special breed, whether you're good or bad at it you do it for the fun a challenge. If you love your job age is irrelavent.

Regards

ScottyB

Yoony · Feb 23rd, 2008, 6:25 AM

i first started when i was 14 learning to do websites for a gaming clan. now im 15 i love vb6 and web languages. got about 3 mounths till collage.
but i need to get a B in maths so fingers crossed.
realy wont to learn C++ thought its a bit confusing

Narue · Feb 23rd, 2008, 7:14 AM

I was 16 when I first started to learn C.

LesterHiggins · Feb 23rd, 2008, 9:31 AM

month old post nearly but its a good question...

started when I was 9 on the zx81, typing in incredible amounts of typo ridden code from those programming diy books.

That was 23 years ago and I still suk.

tierro · Feb 23rd, 2008, 11:15 AM

@ the guy who noticed many basic starters...
That's true

Me too. I wrote my first program on one of these LOGO! plc's when I was about 5 - I made lights blink and stuff. When I was seven my dad introduced me to QBasic, he didn't know at that time I'd be close to professional now with Visual Basic.Net (2005/2008)

Sometimes I feel nostalgic and start up Qbasic again xD

Grich · Feb 24th, 2008, 12:02 AM

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Originally Posted by tierro

@ the guy who noticed many basic starters...
That's true

Me too. I wrote my first program on one of these LOGO! plc's when I was about 5 - I made lights blink and stuff. When I was seven my dad introduced me to QBasic, he didn't know at that time I'd be close to professional now with Visual Basic.Net (2005/2008)

Sometimes I feel nostalgic and start up Qbasic again xD

LOGO, wow. Those were the days. I actually used it recently for a set of motors. I still use QBasic actually, look up FreeBasic, I think you would find it interesting.

I use Visual Basic .NET professionally as well. I have learnt JAVA, C++, COBOL and my favourite would still have to be VB.NET!

--I think a couple of C++ programmers have laughed at me for this reason.

tierro · Feb 24th, 2008, 2:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Grich

LOGO, wow. Those were the days. I actually used it recently for a set of motors. I still use QBasic actually, look up FreeBasic, I think you would find it interesting.

Freebasic, I know about that, It's a LibertyBasic lookalike. But when I discovered Visual Studio, I didn't want to go back anymore

Quote:

I use Visual Basic .NET professionally as well. I have learnt JAVA, C++, COBOL and my favourite would still have to be VB.NET!

I agree

Grich · Feb 24th, 2008, 3:08 AM

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Originally Posted by tierro

Freebasic, I know about that, It's a LibertyBasic lookalike. But when I discovered Visual Studio, I didn't want to go back anymore

Heh heh. I know what you mean. I find it so annoying that some programmers doing realize the potential of the BASIC language. Sure, C++ and all that are better, but when you want simplicity and readable coding, BASIC dialects (eg VB.NET) are very powerful. It's almost like writing pusedo code. Heh heh.

Feb 8th, 2008, 3:11 PM	#21
Jack Walters Newbie Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 9 Rep Power: 0	Re: when did you start programming? I picked up TI-BASIC at the age of 12. Moved up to good ol' Qbasic pretty soon after learning z80 assembly language when I was 13 or 14.

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mafaltti Newbie Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Re: when did you start programming? I'm 19 today and I still just code some HTML tags lol I need to dedicate. __________________ Money Making Lounge. Yes, this is my blog, where I'm blogging about money making opportunities. Take a look there! ;)

Feb 15th, 2008, 9:51 PM	#23
ScottyB Newbie Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Toowoomba, Australia Posts: 7 Rep Power: 0	Re: when did you start programming? Hi All, I feel like an old man. I didn't seriously start codeing till I was about 27. My first program was a C++ application for a palmtop, designed to collect field data for the department of agriculture. I think coders are a special breed, whether you're good or bad at it you do it for the fun a challenge. If you love your job age is irrelavent. Regards ScottyB

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Yoony Newbie Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: pr2 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Re: when did you start programming? i first started when i was 14 learning to do websites for a gaming clan. now im 15 i love vb6 and web languages. got about 3 mounths till collage. but i need to get a B in maths so fingers crossed. realy wont to learn C++ thought its a bit confusing

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Narue Professional Programmer Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 419 Rep Power: 4	Re: when did you start programming? I was 16 when I first started to learn C. __________________ Even if the voices aren't real, they have some pretty good ideas.

Feb 23rd, 2008, 9:31 AM	#26
LesterHiggins Newbie Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Perth W.A. Posts: 5 Rep Power: 0	Re: when did you start programming? month old post nearly but its a good question... started when I was 9 on the zx81, typing in incredible amounts of typo ridden code from those programming diy books. That was 23 years ago and I still suk.

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