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Thomas E. Kurtz has died

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618 points 1986 | 2 comments | 14 Nov 24 22:12 UTC | HN request time: 0.559s | source
1. leettools ◴[15 Nov 24 20:55 UTC] No.42150913[source]▶
It seems that it is all fond memories for people whose first program was written in BASIC ... I am one of them.

Thank you, Thomas Kurtz, for starting us on a life-changing adventure.

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2. strictnein ◴[15 Nov 24 22:34 UTC] No.42152001[source]▶
I'm in the same camp. I was 5 or 6 when I was reading books full of code and typing them into our C64. And writing wonderful programs like:

   10 PRINT "My sister is dumb"
   20 PRINT "I am cool!!"
   30 GOTO 10