What language did YOU start with?

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August 16th, 2003, 03:11 AM
Rogue.Leader

What language did YOU start with?

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
August 16th, 2003, 03:53 AM
Andreas Masur

We already such a poll not that long ago...take a look at this thread...
August 16th, 2003, 03:57 AM
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.
August 16th, 2003, 04:22 AM
Mick

At 14 1/2 you should be starting at the lanquage of love ;)
August 16th, 2003, 04:23 AM
Mick

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.

What no Modula? I'm disappointed ;)
August 16th, 2003, 05:37 AM
hometown

Re: What language did YOU start with?

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

Uhmmmm, hometown's idea : so doubtful---YOU...

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...:)
August 16th, 2003, 05:48 AM
emmenjay

> What no Modula? I'm disappointed

No, I missed out on that joy. :rolleyes:
August 16th, 2003, 05:59 AM
Mick

Quote:

Originally posted by emmenjay
> What no Modula? I'm disappointed

No, I missed out on that joy. :rolleyes:

I prefer modula over C :)

/That is all...
August 16th, 2003, 12:22 PM
amrsfmt

I started :
1. GW-BASIC
2.QBASIC
3.Assembly
4.VBASIC
5.VC++

amrsfmt
August 16th, 2003, 09:27 PM
SolarFlare

True Basic Bronze. I don't think anyone has even heard of this variant ;).
August 16th, 2003, 11:26 PM
hometown

Quote:

Originally posted by solarflare
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...:)
August 20th, 2003, 04:12 AM
kochhar

Fortran, on an IBM 1620, in 1971.
August 20th, 2003, 06:54 AM
emmenjay

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. :)
August 21st, 2003, 01:20 PM
Yves M
My list isn't half as long as emmenjay's...
1. Basic on a console (forgot the name)
  I went as far as 10 Print "Hello World", I think
2. Logo
  yeah, drawing graphics, and first recursion ;)
3. BBBasic on a BBC microcomputer.
  There I did some "real" programming, including my first games
4. machine language on BBC micro
  Mainly editing and patching other games
5. Pascal on BBC micro
  Didn't get very far on this...
6. BBCBasic on a 386
  Made switching to a PC easier. Some small games again
7. QBasic on a 386
  Yeah, well, for small programs mostly
8. 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
9. 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
10. 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
11. Intermission: University
12. Miranda, PROLOG, SQL, Haskell, Java, C, Object Oriented Turing, perl etc.
  You will note that there is no C++ :/
13. Summer jobs: Tcl / Tk, shell scripts (if that's a language ;) )
14. Free time:
  C/C++, Delphi, VB5/6
15. 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
September 18th, 2003, 01:26 AM
kochhar

Quote:

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. :)

My favorite memory is when I dropped a box of punched cards
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...
September 18th, 2003, 02:07 PM
SolarFlare

Quote:

Originally posted by kochhar
My favorite memory is when I dropped a box of punched cards
containing a 2000 line program, and had to put them back together in order. What fun...

Not as bad as when my sister used to come into my room and dump my 9000-card baseball card collection all over the floor... but hey at least when you spill that type of stuff most of the chunks stay in order.
September 18th, 2003, 02:38 PM
gjs368

My first programming experience was with Basic on an Ollivetti M1 computer that had 64k RAM and a HUGE 5mb HDD.

I learned to program on this machine because there weren't too many programs on it - or available for it - for me to play with.

The OS was PCOS, and windowing was natively integrated into the OS kernel.
September 18th, 2003, 07:48 PM
morrowasted

i started with VBA, then VB6, then C++, then VB.NET, then PHP.

i dont have quite an extensive list as the other kid...

oh well.

i do some batch... :(

well, i bet i can out-skateboard all of you, so there!:cool:
September 18th, 2003, 10:50 PM
souldog

Quote:

Originally posted by morrowasted
well, i bet i can out-skateboard all of you, so there!:cool:

I doubt that wasted. Back in the day I used ride for gullwing and
dogtown (all vert of course)
September 19th, 2003, 07:04 AM
morrowasted

dogtown:D !!!

i saw the dogtown documentary!
HA!

well, i could out-STREET-skate any of you!

one fo my friends rides for DVS and element and I'm almost as good as him, so...
September 27th, 2003, 12:33 PM
Joseph_R_Thomas

nice thread to boast.....

well...nothing to boast about here..:rolleyes:
September 27th, 2003, 03:16 PM
hometown

Quote:

Originally posted by Joseph_R_Thomas
nice thread to boast.....
well...nothing to boast about here..:rolleyes:

Is this called a War engagement or WHAT ? Tell me if I misunderstood the statement 's meaning... :(
September 27th, 2003, 03:31 PM
Mick

well I guess I gotta tell the truth, when I was a real young one, I use to punch my best friends sisters buttons, and when the input was steady, the output was high...
September 27th, 2003, 03:43 PM
hometown

Quote:

Originally posted by Mick_2002
well I guess I gotta tell the truth, when I was a real young one, I use to punch my best friends sisters buttons, and when the input was steady, the output was high...

I think the truth of your stupid story must be 24 years ago and earlier... since you were a real hog at that time...
Talking like this to you just like a waste of my and your time, so I think that should be stopped,
THANK YOU VERY MUCHFOR YOUR CONCERN
September 27th, 2003, 03:57 PM
Mick

Quote:

Originally posted by hometown
I think the truth of your stupid story must be 24 years ago and earlier... since you were a real hog at that time...
Talking like this to you just like a waste of my and your time, so I think that should be stopped,
THANK YOU VERY MUCHFOR YOUR CONCERN

I'm not concerned at all....
September 27th, 2003, 04:08 PM
hometown

Quote:

Originally posted by Mick_2002
I'm not concerned at all....

If you didnot tell me about the truth, that would count...
September 27th, 2003, 04:15 PM
Mick

Quote:

Originally posted by hometown
If you didnot tell me about the truth, that would count...

Quote:

Mick: You want answers?
Nina: I think I'm entitled.
Mick: You want answers?
Nina: I want the truth!
Mick: You can't handle the truth!
September 30th, 2003, 03:52 PM
Sam Hobbs

Quote:

Originally posted by kochhar
Fortran, on an IBM 1620, in 1971.

Me too. I think it was version IId of Fortran. I am not sure of the year, it might have been 1970.
September 30th, 2003, 03:55 PM
Sam Hobbs

Quote:

Originally posted by kochhar
My favorite memory is when I dropped a box of punched cards

Favorite?

In the earthquake February 9, 1971, I was disappointed I did not have a rubber band around my punched cards.
September 30th, 2003, 10:22 PM
STL MAN

I know it is not a language, but STL MAN started with STL.

STL MAN SAYS YAH! STL
October 1st, 2003, 05:09 AM
Doctor Luz

I wonder if anybody started with B before C.
October 1st, 2003, 02:14 PM
Sam Hobbs

Quote:

Originally posted by Doctor Luz
I wonder if anybody started with B before C.

Probably all B programmers, of which there are few.
October 2nd, 2003, 09:41 AM
Yves M

As far as prehistoric computing goes, one of my relatives started programming on the first computer in the Benelux (an IBM monster at some government location) by rewiring plugs. But he has stopped programming long since then ;)
October 2nd, 2003, 11:21 AM
Doctor Luz

Quote:

Originally posted by Yves M
As far as prehistoric computing goes, one of my relatives started programming on the first computer in the Benelux (an IBM monster at some government location) by rewiring plugs. But he has stopped programming long since then ;)

Talking about ancient computing machines, I had a friend, in the university, who learnt to use an abacus. The first 5 minutes of "click, click, click..." were funny but at least it was a terrible headache to stay together him. However, I don't think the term "programming" should be applied to this case.