View Poll Results: How old are you now?

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Thread: How old are you?

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    Question How old are you?

    How old are you now and when did you start programming in C/C++?
    I'm 16 and I just started programming in C a few weeks ago (apart from a very simple Quake2-MOD I made when I was 14). I started programming (in BASIC) when I was 12.

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    hmm

    I made some errors in the categories but since I can't edit the poll (I guess that's for security reasons - editing your own poll is a very dangerous thing to do! ), it'll just have to stay like this...

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    19, started at 13 with Java

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    19, started c at 17 learnt basic basic at 12 - 13
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    Geez... I'm the oldest person so far.

    I'm 23, almost 24. I started with Pascal when I was 18, C at 19, VB at 22, and various other scripting/markup stuff along the way.

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    not anymore.

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    I did very crude BASIC programming at 12.
    Started coding C at 18.
    Started coding professionally at 25.
    "You are stupid! You are stupid! Oh, and don't forget, you are STUPID!" - Dexter

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    Started Pascal when I was 15, VB when I was 17, and C when I was about 20

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    Finally completed Street Fighter II at age 15. Go Blanca!

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    Turning 17 on Dec. 31.

    Started QBasic at 9, VB at 12, and C at 15.
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    Originally posted by Fordy
    Finally completed Street Fighter II at age 15. Go Blanca!
    Dude, Blanka sucks.

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    27, started x86 assembly at 19 and moved to C at 20, started learning C++ at 25 and only now have I really start using it!
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    25, I started programming with COBOL when I was 16 and shortly thereafter moved to C and other more interesting languages.
    My best code is written with the delete key.

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    15, started with javascript when I was about 11 or twelve and a then C++ when I was about 13. A few other languages in between that I don't remember anything about...
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    Dang, I want the one that says "Old enough to know better, young enough not to care." But since I don't... 23, picked up my first C book about 10 years ago. Started to really work on learning it about a year ago however. Before it was something I played with and never worried about trying to learn.

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    I'm getting too old for this board. I have to go hang out in some comp.lang..... something.

    Hell, half of you people probably adhere to the hippie "trust no one over 30" mantra anyway so I will have outlived my welcome next year anyway. JEEZZZ!!!
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