tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640356191314871951.post7089071021192732797..comments2023-08-12T10:42:29.208+02:00Comments on The Doric Temple: Do all great programmers start young?Babnikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04040986319920784464noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640356191314871951.post-75812717404961888162009-10-03T17:22:47.188+02:002009-10-03T17:22:47.188+02:00Well, im 16 now and I started when i was about 14 ...Well, im 16 now and I started when i was about 14 but havent got deeply into programming yet because im still <br />trying to figure out what profession I want to do in Programming.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640356191314871951.post-49612155576855910572008-12-15T10:22:00.000+01:002008-12-15T10:22:00.000+01:00I also learned by debugging errors in sample code ...I also learned by debugging errors in sample code of a Sinclair Spectrum teach-yourself-assembler book.<BR/><BR/>But when I was 13 I built games using CMOS logic gates. First computer I programmed was HP's 2100 64k core memory using the buttons on the front panel. Later moved on to Motorola's Exorciser(sp?), Intel's D5 kit, Apple ][e, bought myself the Spectrum, then, by taking a loan out with my company, I bought myself an IBM AT clone.<BR/><BR/>Then we got Turbo Pascal 3.01 for a project and my eyes were opened!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640356191314871951.post-54061724034044192732008-12-14T20:49:00.000+01:002008-12-14T20:49:00.000+01:00I started at school at about 13 on a TRS80, and th...I started at school at about 13 on a TRS80, and then managed to get a Spectrum for home. My brother was too lazy to type anything in, so I had to do it all. The $600 or so that the Speccy cost was well worth it, 2 of us are now working in development.Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09419639577416328173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640356191314871951.post-88587213107669280952008-12-14T19:20:00.000+01:002008-12-14T19:20:00.000+01:00I started on the Tandy Coco and Timex Sinclair and...I started on the Tandy Coco and Timex Sinclair and the age of 10-11. All great programmers I have ever met always started young. Their understanding of all topics related to programming and how things work are far better than apprentice programmers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640356191314871951.post-12160364514422331232008-12-14T15:06:00.000+01:002008-12-14T15:06:00.000+01:00I started with 11.I started with 11.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640356191314871951.post-28193314480245222252008-12-14T11:16:00.000+01:002008-12-14T11:16:00.000+01:00funny... I started with a (used) TI/99-4A in 1982/...funny... I started with a (used) TI/99-4A in 1982/83 (meaning with 12/13 years), too. I realized the same like you with the games on the C64/C16 and other computers in the neighborhood. <BR/>I had the big ($)luck that there was the p-code-card on the p-box and I have beside (extended)basic and assembly (with the minimemory-cartridge) the UCSD-pascal available. <BR/>And since this time I work with Pascal (over Turbo to ObjectPascal).<BR/>In summer vacation this year I connected the TI to a TV and my kids saw the old games on the TI (with 16 colors and so on). And I won many games against my kids (on PS-2 or Nitendo from the kids I'm without any chance, hehe).<BR/>I think the age isn't the important thing for a good programmer, more the effective time of learning and less play or other activities (like internt, chat and so on).thomas pfisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14550619600538784486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640356191314871951.post-67873728134736910332008-12-13T23:04:00.000+01:002008-12-13T23:04:00.000+01:00These stories sound so familiar. I was always too ...These stories sound so familiar. I was always too lazy to type in programs from magazines (had a brother for that), but i started writing my own games around 14 on a ZX Spectrum.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01827202237959154164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640356191314871951.post-59365348639757149112008-12-13T17:26:00.000+01:002008-12-13T17:26:00.000+01:00I started at 9 10 years old in 1981 on a Radio Sha...I started at 9 10 years old in 1981 on a Radio Shack Tandy CoCo II 16K, but at that time I wanted a Commodore 64, also a friend had a ZX81.<BR/>I started programming with a paper and pencil using Basic books before get the actusl machine<BR/><BR/>DanielAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640356191314871951.post-6529900934785952072008-12-13T14:35:00.000+01:002008-12-13T14:35:00.000+01:00I started programming around the age of 13 as well...I started programming around the age of 13 as well. My first computer, Sinclair 1000, which I still have.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640356191314871951.post-45616495923074343132008-12-13T14:28:00.000+01:002008-12-13T14:28:00.000+01:00I too started at university at the age of 18 writi...I too started at university at the age of 18 writing some program in BASIC using some kind of a teletype system (ribbons with holes). I progressed from there to Nord (mini-computers from Norway!!) and IBM (you can never appreciate Turbo Pascal enough if you haven't worked with IBM Fortram using JCL), DEC and VAX mini-computers (very nice) and finally to the first IBM PC with on 160kB floppy drive. And at home the Commodore 64 which was a beauty and is where I really taught myself to program.<BR/><BR/>Nowadays I work with Delphi and Visual Studio but the way I program is still governed by what I did back in the 80-ties.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640356191314871951.post-69500530960142027622008-12-13T13:55:00.000+01:002008-12-13T13:55:00.000+01:00I'm started at 11I'm started at 11Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04445257317986095729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640356191314871951.post-78866592358278856932008-12-13T12:08:00.000+01:002008-12-13T12:08:00.000+01:00HiI started to program at university (it was befor...Hi<BR/><BR/>I started to program at university (it was before home computers of any kind were available) using punched cards on an ICL mainframe with the massive storage of 4K.<BR/><BR/>I was given the code to use all the networked memory of a load of other university machines at one time up to 16K. You guessed it, I managed to get a loop in the program which utilised all their memory for 30 mins before someone thought to switch it off. Happy days.<BR/><BR/>ChrisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640356191314871951.post-56146119293255403672008-12-13T11:52:00.000+01:002008-12-13T11:52:00.000+01:00Also at about 13 or 14 years of age. My first comp...Also at about 13 or 14 years of age. My first computer was an old Olivetti (M-24 I think). And my first program was an algorithm for finding prime numbers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sieve_of_Eratosthenes) written in turbo pascal 7.<BR/><BR/>Ahh, good times :)ajasjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10042562102535275012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640356191314871951.post-20186038186605268492008-12-13T10:59:00.000+01:002008-12-13T10:59:00.000+01:00I started a little earlier, at 10! and also had to...I started a little earlier, at 10! and also had to type the programs from magazines...every time I wanted to use them, because my ZX81 (it was a Sinclair 1000 in fact) with 2Kb of RAM had a problem with the tape recorder and couldn't save/load anything. It was in 1985, now I know my father was fooled by the store owner who sold that computer (there was plenty of Commodore 64's and Spectrums), but thanks to that I learned and now I can make a living by programming.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01545328313711727680noreply@blogger.com