I wonder the exact same thing. My parents bought me a book on turbo c++ in the early-90s because I was interested in programming. I had no idea what to make o

I wonder the exact same thing. My parents bought me a book on turbo c++ in the early-90s because I was interested in programming. I had no idea what to make of it. No context. It wasn't engaging for me. What I really wanted to learn was turbo pascal, so that I could make some cool "BBS stuff.". In the absence of any significant resources or mentoring, my curiosity died on the vine. It's far more frequent, now, to come across people in their early 20s who have been programming since early childhood. The resources are in far greater abundance and the opportunities continue to increase.