I learned to program with BASIC. My first program was one to balance my Dad's checkbook. I copied it from a manual and added some extra PRINT statements for fla

I learned to program with BASIC. My first program was one to balance my Dad's checkbook. I copied it from a manual and added some extra PRINT statements for flair. I was in 4th grade. It was on a Timex Sinclair. Then I tried to draw a smiley face and ran out of RAM -- it only had 1K.