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I had so much fun with Turbo Pascal in the early 90's, I used it to create everything from GUI frameworks to ANSI bulletin board systems and keyloggers. Definit
by codr7 7y ago
I had so much fun with Turbo Pascal in the early 90's, I used it to create everything from GUI frameworks to ANSI bulletin board systems and keyloggers. Definitely the most creative environment I've come across.
Then came C++, and I wasted A LOT of time trying to wrap my head around it while creating nothing of value before giving it up entirely.
My Pascal experience also landed me my first job after university, which was to help write/maintain a system developed in Delphi.
- lioeters 7y agoI discovered Turbo Pascal in my preteens, after BASIC. Spent a few years with it and got pretty fluent. Interestingly enough, I remember also working on a bulletin board system, called something like WWIV. Now that I think about it, that was a seed planted for my current occupation. Learned C after that, but drifted away from programming (for a decade or so) around when C++ came out. I came back around to computers when I wanted to build myself a static website - and I'm still in the wondrous rabbit hole. These days, much of my time is spent reading and writing TypeScript. How strange after all these years, I'm again speaking a language created by Anders Hejlsberg. It's a joy to work with VS Code editor as an integrated development environment, and I fondly remember my time with Turbo Pascal.