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minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours agoVisual Basic used to let you choose if you wanted to start arrays at 0 or 1. It was an app-wide setting, so that was fun.
minus-squarenickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours agoI’ve not heard that name in a long time…
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 hours agoIt’s how I got into programming, so I’ll always have a soft spot for it. Now it’s over 20 years later and I’m still coding.
minus-squarenickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·15 minutes agoApple Basic (on an Apple IIe) was my first language that I recall. Didn’t have a computer powerful enough for VB until later. It does have a special place in my nostalgia zone but has also led so many astray.
Visual Basic used to let you choose if you wanted to start arrays at 0 or 1. It was an app-wide setting, so that was fun.
I’ve not heard that name in a long time…
It’s how I got into programming, so I’ll always have a soft spot for it. Now it’s over 20 years later and I’m still coding.
Apple Basic (on an Apple IIe) was my first language that I recall.
Didn’t have a computer powerful enough for VB until later. It does have a special place in my nostalgia zone but has also led so many astray.