(My memory could be off; it was a long time ago, and I was young) I believe that I first began learning to program in Turbo C or C++ and Turbo Pascal, far befo

(My memory could be off; it was a long time ago, and I was young) I believe that I first began learning to program in Turbo C or C++ and Turbo Pascal, far before I ever encountered Microsoft development tools, except maybe VB6, or other open source ones. I was young, in high school or earlier at the time, taking a summer school "computer camp" at a local college [1]. I remember learning Visual Delhi and C++Builder, and being amazed. I think Microsoft only had VB6 at the time. Visual Delphi and C++Builder were polished, and I was super excited to build applications with them, and I did. Then VB began evolving, Microsoft released .NET. One Borland renamed themselves Inprise and seemed to disappear.(Inprise -> Enterprise?) If Borland hand't build these consumer products, I might not have gotten into programming, or as early as I did. It helped me find my scientific/intellectual/professional love and, which led to a job at Amazon I continue to practice and are very happy with today. Farewell, Borland! You did good. You helped inspire this student to learn computer science and begin his career. [1] Scripps or Harvey Mudd -- somewhere in the Claremont Colleges, in Steele Hall.