This brings back memories. When I started learning C++ in school (outside curriculum), I did have someone older teaching me, but I didn't have access to a compi

This brings back memories. When I started learning C++ in school (outside curriculum), I did have someone older teaching me, but I didn't have access to a compiler. I'd finished half of the introductory book before I ran my first program. I was used to programming in BASIC and a few other languages by then, so it was far easier for me. But I still remember the first time I typed in my first C++ program in Turbo C++ and got it to compile.