Grade 10 computer class. We spent the first half of the course cranking out programs on the CARDIAC (second half in BASIC). I had been playing with various lang

Grade 10 computer class. We spent the first half of the course cranking out programs on the CARDIAC (second half in BASIC). I had been playing with various languages without much guidance for years before this, but it wasn't until this silly little cardboard computer that the mechanics of computing became clear.