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Poll: What was the first programming language you learned?
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#2COBOL
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#3COBOL
Thanks, I've now added that to the list.
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#4Not sure how BASIC didn't make this list. Played around with it first on an old tandy my dad had and then got actually interested when I started learning ti-basic for the ti-86. First "modern" language was PHP, although I don't know if you can really count PHP3 as modern.
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#5LOGO! It's not a bad first language for a 5 year old.
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#6Not sure how BASIC didn't make this list. Played around with it first on an old tandy my dad had and then got actually interested when I started learning ti-basic for the ti-86. First "modern" language was PHP, although I don't know if you can really count PHP3 as modern.
My bad. I'm from a younger generation so I'm pretty uneducated when it comes to some of the earlier programming languages.
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#7seems strange to put php with javascript, html, and css, while giving ruby and python their own options.
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#8COBOL
My condolences.
But seriously, I am grateful for all the awesome hackers that came before and continue with me. My tools and languages are far superior now than when I started.
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#9There's no Lisp/Scheme option. This wasn't my first, but I know many who learned Scheme from SCIP as their first language.
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#10BASIC, on a MicroBee.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MicroBee
A beaut little machine for its time. Oh the hours lost to playing space invaders ...