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		ra88it on Feb 17, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I collect and read old computer manuals I loved that manual too. I think we got a slightly different version with our IIGS, but I loved how inviting it was. I was probably 11, maybe 12. 15 years later in grad school I found a copy lying on a chair in a computer science classroom. I think it aged well.

dekhn on Feb 17, 2022 [–]

When I reread it, I realized I've been programming BASIC in every computer language I used since I learned BASIC. That includes C, C++, Python, Perl, and even LISP. Well, not LISP.

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