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VB progz are literally at the root of the origin story behind I'm even here, now, writing this comment on this website. Seriously changed my life by compelling
by marpstar 3y ago
VB progz are literally at the root of the origin story behind I'm even here, now, writing this comment on this website. Seriously changed my life by compelling me to find an answer to the question "how did they build this?", which led me to coding. 25 years later and here I am.
- marzell 3y agoSame. It took me years to even figure out I could just buy programming books from the store. But progs like Magenta and AOHell, plus the F1 help/documentation built into vb and the like, set me on the path.
- mostlysimilar 3y ago> AOHell Early gateway drug for me too.
- dclowd9901 3y ago> “how did they build this?” I feel like this is the absolute distilled essence of this site and its visitors.
- qup 3y agoThere's dozens of us! Here's an old thread some of you guys might have missed: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31001916 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31001916
- artificial 3y agoDan Applemans guide to the Win32 API and some bas files really kickstarted things. {S /con/con. I think I’ve still got ancient copies around here. Time to browse lenshellprogarchive.com.
- srj 3y agoMe too! It was aol punters and vb proggies that were my first push into programming and here I am all these years later.