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FascismIsDeath

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19. Pascal was the first language I really learned.

Reply to hunter (Reply #18)

Thu Feb 12, 2026, 01:57 AM

Thursday

That was in the late 90s... I had messed with some BASIC before that but that was the first one I learned properly. I was 17. Of course I learned many other languages and variations of those languages since then.

But yea, you are an OG if you were working with mainframes and assembler.

I like programming but I don't love it. The things I love doing will never make me a living, lol. But I like it. I don't mind doing it for a living and I'm good at it... at least my niche of it which are primarily web applications.

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Tyvm for clarifying! SheltieLover Feb 11 #1

Yvw, Sheltie! highplainsdem Feb 11 #5

😊👍 SheltieLover Feb 11 #8

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i regularly correspond with Gary Marcus Metaphorical Feb 11 #4

I've had some great exchanges with Gary, too. I'd have trusted him more than Matt Shumer in any highplainsdem Feb 11 #10

I've brought this up before in your posts, but as a developer with 25 years experience, it really IS scary. FascismIsDeath Feb 11 #6

this also ... A well thought, and absolutely solid 'take' on the overall picture. Thanks! stopdiggin Feb 11 #11

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Pascal was the first language I really learned. FascismIsDeath Thursday #19

Thanks for putting this together. Good stuff. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 11 #9

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Reddit thread & YouTube video on why Shumer was accused of fraud in 2024: highplainsdem Thursday #21