Arguably, the first language I was marginally competent with was PHP (I think 3? Maybe 4?). I don't _really_ write it anymore, but occasionally find myself supp

Arguably, the first language I was marginally competent with was PHP (I think 3? Maybe 4?). I don't _really_ write it anymore, but occasionally find myself supporting it for some clients, which might involve changing 3-5 lines every few weeks. Or not. I've easily gone years without seeing a line of PHP code. The first languages I ever touched would've been flavors of BASIC and FORTH. Definitely haven't touched those since my teens, and probably not since the turn of the millennium. I studied for and took a different (albeit programming-adjacent) career, picked up Ruby on the side because it was a _delight_ to play with, and then came back to programming with that front and center.