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   lainy (lain@lain.com)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Oct-2023 08:56:05 JST lainy
   I learned programming by getting a book from a library, taking it with me on vacation and trying to make a pong clone on my dad's work notebook (some 486 i guess).
   
   i think most kids these days will probably come to it either via webdev or modding games.
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     :ihavenomouth: (inginsub@clubcyberia.co)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Oct-2023 08:59:48 JST :ihavenomouth:

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     @lain I learned programming by trying to cheat in nethack
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     binkle (binkle@clubcyberia.co)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Oct-2023 09:04:55 JST binkle

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     @lain my introduction to programming was learning C++ from an O' Reilly book
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     「セル」cell (سل) (cell@pl.ebin.zone)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Oct-2023 09:06:09 JST 「セル」cell (سل)

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     @lain maybe i can get back into it again..
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     Sexy Moon (moon@shitposter.club)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Oct-2023 09:06:21 JST Sexy Moon

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     @lain browser is basically perfect, people can gnash and wail about it all the want but js + canvas is great
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     lainy (lain@lain.com)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Oct-2023 09:09:15 JST lainy

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     @Moon yeah, it's easy, powerful and quick
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     Sexy Moon (moon@shitposter.club)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Oct-2023 09:09:34 JST Sexy Moon

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     @lain javascript has problems but it still is better than BASIC
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     Sexy Moon (moon@shitposter.club)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Oct-2023 10:11:37 JST Sexy Moon

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     @mattskala @lain javascript is broken but with basic you have to actively unlearn shit to learn how to code well
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     Matthew Skala (mattskala@mstdn.io)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Oct-2023 10:11:38 JST Matthew Skala

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     @Moon @lain Better in what sense? One can do more with Javascript, but I am not sure that people who learn Javascript first end up better programmers than people who learn BASIC first. Javascript programmers all seem to be "copy and modify an existing example" programmers, the kind who are well simulated by ChatGPT. Programming in BASIC isn't like that; every program has to be really new.

     But of course by BASIC I mean real BASIC, with line numbers.

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     ¢нαяℓιє яσσт :Neon_catto: (charlie_root@decayable.ink)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Oct-2023 10:22:04 JST ¢нαяℓιє яσσт :Neon_catto:

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     Imagine a world built on Qbasic
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     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Oct-2023 10:23:55 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     @lain Yeah, for me it was modding + IRC bots + webdev that got me into it (I guess I dived head first into the rabbit hole).
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     LEdoian (ledoian@pleroma.ledoian.cz)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Oct-2023 10:38:59 JST LEdoian

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     @lain I started learning programming by copying from random youtube tutorial, then by asking stupid questions on programmer forums, where I was recomended a nice book…

     Unfortunately, back then I only knew there is some “C” language, so I searched youtube for “c programming tutorial” iirc. Bad starting decision.

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     烟伙 🎆 (monad@thefire.work)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Oct-2023 22:34:48 JST 烟伙 🎆

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     my first was on a Laser-310, on which I learnt

     10 PRINT fuck 20 GOTO 10

     kids these days have much more fun ways to learn programming (also a lot more distractions)

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