7. I was coding in Amstrad BASIC on a CPC 464. The program didn't work, because I didn't understand the difference between strings and numbers. I wrote out m

7. I was coding in Amstrad BASIC on a CPC 464. The program didn't work, because I didn't understand the difference between strings and numbers. I wrote out my listing and took it to my teacher at school, to ask why my program didn't work. This led to my first inkling that adults didn't have all the answers :) My teacher had never used a computer before, didn't really understand the problem, and certainly couldn't solve it. To her immense credit she clearly explained all of those things at the time rather than bullshitting me, and suggested I try to find an adult with an interest in computers. Basically, she helped me develop me the skills to solve my problem. Quite the formative experience, that was.