Basic was the first ever intro into programming I had. Pascal, was the first ever language I used. We were thought this to prep for programming competitions. Most of it was self thought though. We were just given a book. Haven't used Pascal for anything else since.
Been using UNIX since the late 80s; Linux since the mid-90s; virtualization since the early 2000s and spent the past few years working in the cloud space.
Location
Alexandria, VA, USA
Education
B.S. Psychology from Pennsylvania State University
Been using UNIX since the late 80s; Linux since the mid-90s; virtualization since the early 2000s and spent the past few years working in the cloud space.
Location
Alexandria, VA, USA
Education
B.S. Psychology from Pennsylvania State University
Ironically, I find that having cut my teeth on structured and strongly-typed programming, I have to let go of a lot of habits to use loosely-typed languages.
Basic was the first ever intro into programming I had. Pascal, was the first ever language I used. We were thought this to prep for programming competitions. Most of it was self thought though. We were just given a book. Haven't used Pascal for anything else since.
You got harangued with the whole "learn PASCAL: it will properly teach you structured programming" spiel?
Yes. I gave that speil.
Structured, hard typed, learn it well and you are ready to go do anything else.
Ironically, I find that having cut my teeth on structured and strongly-typed programming, I have to let go of a lot of habits to use loosely-typed languages.
I was 13, didn't know much. Most of the academics and my teachers thought Pascal would be really good for programming competitions.