I remember my first program, by which I mean one that I cobbled together myself, not simply typing in a complete listing from the manual. I was twelve, the year was 1985, and the computer a Texas Instruments TI-99/4A (a machine which was actually the first 16-bit home computer). My program was a very simple text adventure game, created by chaining together as many IF¦ THEN GOTO statements as I had patience for.
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