> Loved the books as a kid and one of the first programs I wrote was a straight up port of one of the books into the computer. Lots of print and if then stateme

> Loved the books as a kid and one of the first programs I wrote was a straight up port of one of the books into the computer. Lots of print and if then statements. This was also my first program, except I quickly discovered that I didn't have the patience to type in a whole book. Gave up after a few pages. My subsequent programs were meandering self-written choose-your-own-adventure stories, though without plot or anything. It was a lot more fun than mindlessly typing in a text, but also not anything of interest to anyone but me.