Pretty much 30 years to the day. (So I'll claim 30+, thankyouverymuch! ;) It was in BASIC, on a Data General Nova Eclipse. Upgraded to assembly about 6 weeks l

Pretty much 30 years to the day. (So I'll claim 30+, thankyouverymuch! ;) It was in BASIC, on a Data General Nova Eclipse. Upgraded to assembly about 6 weeks later, just because it was insanely fascinating. (Hey, I was in 8th grade or so. Nobody breathing down my neck to actually produce useful things) First program? Simulate rolling the dice 200 times. We had to do that for homework, and like every self-respecting programmer, I'd rather spend 2 hours automating a task than 30 minutes doing it by hand. (Followed by 10 hours of tinkering so it makes nice output ;)