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I was certainly in a similar boat (though a later generation of computers) whereby I found around age 9 that "poking" at a computer (either plugging random thin
by jerluc 10y ago
I was certainly in a similar boat (though a later generation of computers) whereby I found around age 9 that "poking" at a computer (either plugging random things in, or clicking random buttons or keys) enough yielded some interesting/mildly entertaining results. Of course, many times, these results ended with being grounded for breaking something, but nonetheless, the endless possibilities of random keystrokes and mouse clicks seemed to exude some kind of strange primitive allure.
Also, K&R for kids ages 12-14?!
- methehack 10y agoI agree it might be hyperbole (my downfall!) with the K&R bit, but I really don't think so. I think by going through chapter 1 of K&R in slow motion you'd learn more than a year with mr turtle.
- snerbles 10y agoAt 14 my first programming class was in C at a local community college. One of the texts was K&R 2nd edition. So, if unusual, it's not totally unprecedented.
- angersock 10y agoI started hacking C around 14/15. It's amazing what you can accomplish when you don't know what is hard.
- pjmlp 10y agoI started using Z80 Assembly around 12, already knew ZX Basic and Timex Basic before it. But was already aware of Assembly with age of 10, when I started reading the Input magazine series with their hexdumps of microcode listings.