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Conway's 'Game of Life' in FORTRAN on an IBM 360. Hardly the third grade, that would have been in 1955. My next program was a 'Key Words in Context' generator w

by hsmyers 14y ago

Conway's 'Game of Life' in FORTRAN on an IBM 360. Hardly the third grade, that would have been in 1955. My next program was a 'Key Words in Context' generator written in BAL, likewise for a 360 (370 by the time I finished[model switch over should give you a clue as to when this was :)])---haven't stopped since and still continue to enjoy the creative addiction that programming brings to the game.

dimitar 14y ago
The 360 was delivered in 1965. Conway's Game of Life was devised in 1970. I'm pretty sure it wasn't 1955. :-)
- protopete 14y ago
  He was in the 3rd grade in 1955. He wrote his first computer program sometime after 1970, on a 360. Therefore he did not write his first computer program in 3rd grade.
  - dimitar 14y ago
    Ah, yes. My reading comprehension was slow that night :-).