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Thomas E. Kurtz has died

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613 points 1986 | 1 comments | 14 Nov 24 22:12 UTC | HN request time: 0.218s | source
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smarks ◴[15 Nov 24 00:24 UTC] No.42142776[source]▶
Like several others here, my first programming language was BASIC. For this we owe Kurtz a debt of gratitude.

I know Dijkstra is famous for having said that we're mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration, but you know, I kinda think we didn't turn out half bad.

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1. lgeorget ◴[15 Nov 24 08:21 UTC] No.42144898[source]▶
My first ever programming language was VBA for Excel because I found a magazine with a tutorial on that laying around in my father's office, no idea why. I think the second one was the Basic on my Texas Instruments calculator.