I was just wondering...what language did you start with?
I started with Turbo Pascal 7.0..
and now im using Visual Basic 6.0...
but...next year for IPT we are using Delphi
Mwahah...im 15
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I was just wondering...what language did you start with?
I started with Turbo Pascal 7.0..
and now im using Visual Basic 6.0...
but...next year for IPT we are using Delphi
Mwahah...im 15
We already such a poll not that long ago...take a look at this thread...
When I started programming, none of the products you mention were invented.
My first languages were
1. Applesoft BASIC
2. National Semiconductor SCMP machine code (didn't have an assembler)
3. HP BASIC
4. FORTRAN 77 (on a Cyber)
5. Vax BASIC
6. Vax FORTRAN 77
7. Pascal
8. C
9. Prolog
10. Motorola 6809 Assembler
11. Vax COBOL
12. IBM COBOL
13. Turbo Pascal (Had just been released)
14. Turbo C
15. Microfocus COBOL
16. Microsoft C
17. Microsoft Fortran
18. Intel 8088 Assembler
19. Turbo C++
20. Borland C++
21. Microsoft C++ (pre-Visual)
22. Visual C++ (starting with V1.0)
23. Sun C++
24. Sun FORTRAN 77
25. SGI C++
26. SGI FORTRAN 77
27. Definicon FORTRAN 77 (a Motorola 68000 chip on a PC expension card)
28. Lahey Fortran 90
29. Absoft Fortran 90
30. Absoft C++
31. Visual Basic
32. Gupta SQL Basic
That takes us to about 1993, there have been several more since then, and I'm sure I've missed a few out of the list.
Nowadays I do mostly Visual C++, and occasionally GNU C++.
I'm a bit older than 14 1/2 :-)
I bet that most of the old fogeys (40+) have similar (or longer) lists.
At 14 1/2 you should be starting at the lanquage of love ;)
What no Modula? I'm disappointed ;)Quote:
Originally posted by emmenjay
When I started programming, none of the products you mention were invented.
My first languages were
1. Applesoft BASIC
2. National Semiconductor SCMP machine code (didn't have an assembler)
3. HP BASIC
4. FORTRAN 77 (on a Cyber)
5. Vax BASIC
6. Vax FORTRAN 77
7. Pascal
8. C
9. Prolog
10. Motorola 6809 Assembler
11. Vax COBOL
12. IBM COBOL
13. Turbo Pascal (Had just been released)
14. Turbo C
15. Microfocus COBOL
16. Microsoft C
17. Microsoft Fortran
18. Intel 8088 Assembler
19. Turbo C++
20. Borland C++
21. Microsoft C++ (pre-Visual)
22. Visual C++ (starting with V1.0)
23. Sun C++
24. Sun FORTRAN 77
25. SGI C++
26. SGI FORTRAN 77
27. Definicon FORTRAN 77 (a Motorola 68000 chip on a PC expension card)
28. Lahey Fortran 90
29. Absoft Fortran 90
30. Absoft C++
31. Visual Basic
32. Gupta SQL Basic
That takes us to about 1993, there have been several more since then, and I'm sure I've missed a few out of the list.
Nowadays I do mostly Visual C++, and occasionally GNU C++.
I'm a bit older than 14 1/2 :-)
I bet that most of the old fogeys (40+) have similar (or longer) lists.
Uhmmmm, hometown's idea : so doubtful---YOU...Quote:
Originally posted by Rogue.Leader
I was just wondering...what language did you start with?
I started with Turbo Pascal 7.0..
and now im using Visual Basic 6.0
Note: I'm 14 1/2
But Okay, I started with what you started, I mean THE SAME :)....then I changed to what I am using now, any languages that people like to use...:)
> What no Modula? I'm disappointed
No, I missed out on that joy. :rolleyes:
I prefer modula over C :)Quote:
Originally posted by emmenjay
> What no Modula? I'm disappointed
No, I missed out on that joy. :rolleyes:
/That is all...
I started :
1. GW-BASIC
2.QBASIC
3.Assembly
4.VBASIC
5.VC++
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True Basic Bronze. I don't think anyone has even heard of this variant ;).
I thought you were out of US flying to Asia/Europe for fun...:)Quote:
Originally posted by solarflare
True Basic Bronze. I don't think anyone has even heard of this variant ;).
Fortran, on an IBM 1620, in 1971.
kochhar> Fortran, on an IBM 1620, in 1971.
Ah! FORTRAN IV. Now that was a language. None of those wimpy loops. You want to goto somewhere, you use a GOTO. 72 columns of spagetti. You gotta love it. :)
My list isn't half as long as emmenjay's...
- Basic on a console (forgot the name)
I went as far as 10 Print "Hello World", I think- Logo
yeah, drawing graphics, and first recursion ;)- BBBasic on a BBC microcomputer.
There I did some "real" programming, including my first games- machine language on BBC micro
Mainly editing and patching other games- Pascal on BBC micro
Didn't get very far on this...- BBCBasic on a 386
Made switching to a PC easier. Some small games again- QBasic on a 386
Yeah, well, for small programs mostly- Turbo Pascal 5.5 until 7.0
My first "real" language where I learned algorithmics etc. Work included a small CAD program, a number of games, and a mini-groupware program for a summer-job- 386 assembler
Mainly for graphics handling in TP. Anyone remember Michael Abrash's books at the time ? ;)
Also wrote a printer driver in assembler at a summer job. Simply awful :D- Turbo C
I never really liked it, TP was much easier, so apart from a few tries and a few programs, I didn't go very far- Intermission: University
- Miranda, PROLOG, SQL, Haskell, Java, C, Object Oriented Turing, perl etc.
You will note that there is no C++ :/- Summer jobs: Tcl / Tk, shell scripts (if that's a language ;) )
- Free time:
C/C++, Delphi, VB5/6- Job:
C++ right from the start, although I should rather call it "C inside of a class". I have gotten better since ;)
For C/C++, I've used Solaris, Linux and BSD (g++) BSD, NEC's unix, but mainly VC6
My favorite memory is when I dropped a box of punched cardsQuote:
Originally posted by emmenjay
Ah! FORTRAN IV. Now that was a language. None of those wimpy loops. You want to goto somewhere, you use a GOTO. 72 columns of spagetti. You gotta love it. :)
containing a 2000 line program, and had to put them back together in order. What fun...
Another memory from 1971 - Assignments had to be handed
in to the instructor as decks of cards. Some of us would
try to slip in a few extra cards into unsuspecting students'
decks just before they were handed in, containing
appropriately suitable lines of code. Sort of a virus, but
the term was not in use then...
Of course, the IBM 1620 ran Fortran-II, not Fortran-IV, for
that we had to wait a year or two...