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I think you've got the right end of the stick, with one detail missing: yes, there weren't any computer classes in the 1970s/80s. But in some fee-paying schools

I think you've got the right end of the stick, with one detail missing: yes, there weren't any computer classes in the 1970s/80s. But in some fee-paying schools in England, there were computers around, like BBC Micros. Thus a few pupils learnt how to program without interference from teachers.

timclark 16y ago
It wasn't just fee paying schools that would have had BBC micros, the government was actively promoting computing in schools during the early eighties - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microelectronics_Education_Programme http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microelectronics_Education_Prog...