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- From: Lally Singh <lsingh@ids2.idsonline.com>
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- Subject: Re: Young programmers read me.
- Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 21:32:10 -0400
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- > John F. Goyvaerts wrote:
- > >
- > > Hi!
- > > I started programming when I was 11. I got my first computer those
- > > days (a brand new XT, a real monster at the time) and I discovered
- > > something on the hard drive named GW-BASIC...
- > > Two years later I dumped Turbo BASIC for Turbo Pascal 5.5.
- > > Upgraded to 6.0...
- > > 7.0...
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- > I did the exact same thing (the GWBASIC thing) -- I remember I couldn't
- > exit it without rebooting (until I learned about 'SYSTEM').
-
- Hello fellow young programmers!
- Quick Bio:
- Lally Singh: C++ since Freshman year (1993) Win16 since Sophemore Year (1994)
- Win16 VxDs (32bit asm) since Summer after Sophemore Year (1995)
- Object pascal (TP7) for a couple of months during 1994-1995..
- Working on Java..
- Started at 8, with a TANDY COLOR COMPUTER 2 (You can't beat a $32 machine!)
- 10: Commodore 128D (Best machine I've ever seen, thing came with wiring
- specs! Even had a direct Assembly interface (only Debug comes close))
-
- Well, nuff about me.
- I really thinks we should start something up.
- I've got some ideas!
- Software generated Techno: I figure we can get together an algorythm to get
- this accomplished
- Hypnotic Software: Get High Online!
-
- What about the name?
- comp.programmers.young.geeks.of.america :)
- comp.programmers.young
-
- Well, please keep me informed if this ever gets through!
- Thanx.
-