The punter/proggie scene definitely got me into programming. Articles like this bring such a special kind of nostalgia. It was both educational and for me at th

The punter/proggie scene definitely got me into programming. Articles like this bring such a special kind of nostalgia. It was both educational and for me at the time, it was very rebellious. My parents did not want me downloading any of these things on our family computer. My friends and I would share floppy disks of punters as contraband. Learning Visual Basic and the open source community of .bas files was ahead of its time. The tutorials and programming guides, the general willingness to share information. I learned how to write C++ from a random guy who went by LostSideDead. If you happen to be reading this sir, thank you for spending so much time teaching a kid how to write code. I’ve made a long career of it and I love it.