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I first learned it by myself in VB5. I didn't even understand functions, but writing those MessageBoxes with buttons and then having them create even more messa
by frequentnapper 7y ago
I first learned it by myself in VB5. I didn't even understand functions, but writing those MessageBoxes with buttons and then having them create even more message boxes was so great! I remember a high school friend bringing me 5 diskettes with VB4 installer because I didn't have it on my home computer.
Then next year I enrolled in AP Comp Sci - hardcore turbo c++. Just blew my mind!
- applecrazy 7y ago> Then next year I enrolled in AP Comp Sci - hardcore turbo c++. Funny enough, AP Comp Sci went the other direction in the early 2000s, switching from C++ to Java precisely because it was too hardcore for the average high school student.
- notduncansmith 7y agoMy high school in ~2010 had the progression C -> C++ -> Java. I remember the C++ that we were taught being easy enough to learn after a semester of C, and graduated before I could take Java.
- frequentnapper 7y agohaha. I was so excited to learn about C-style strings in AP comp sci 2 I think. And bitshifting, and crazy recursions, queueing, etc. Good old days... I was so arrogant after that too. C is the best and everything else is garbage because it's "slow".