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I learned BASIC at 11 and FORTRAN by the time I was 12 or 13. I primarily programmed in FORTRAN 77. But I picked up PASCAL and a few others (C,C++, Prolog, Lisp, etc.).
I never had to program with cards, I started on an interactive timesharing system (PR1ME 300, PR1ME 550/750 System Manager). I did have to work with a "Batch" style system at Texas A&M. Later I worked with DEC PDP-11 and VAX/Micro-VAX systems.
At the end of High School, when the other System Managers were going into CS (Which was a fairly new Degree Program), I went into Engineering. I took all of my computer knowledge and applied it to engineering.
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James
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the engineer adjusts the sails.- William Arthur Ward (1921-1994)
Red-beard for President, 2020
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