In article <mailman.6757.1392213333.18130.python-l...@python.org>, Larry Martell <larry.mart...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 7:21 PM, ngangsia akumbo <ngang...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Please i have a silly question to ask. > > > > How long did it take you to learn how to write programs? > > My entire life. > > I started in 1975 when I was 16 - taught myself BASIC and wrote a very > crude downhill skiing game. I had dial in access to the mainframe at a > local college (my HS math teacher got that for me). Wow, sounds exactly like my experience. Probably one of these: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP_2000 Lunar lander. Hunt the wumpus. Space War. Actually, before I was allowed to get access to that, I got some time on one of these: http://www.oldcalculatormuseum.com/hp9810a.html -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list