{"id":13313,"date":"2020-08-07T12:12:11","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T11:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.toomik.net\/helen\/blog\/?p=13313"},"modified":"2020-08-08T12:40:09","modified_gmt":"2020-08-08T11:40:09","slug":"memories_of_learning_to_program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.toomik.net\/helen\/blog\/2020\/08\/07\/memories_of_learning_to_program\/","title":{"rendered":"Memories of learning to program"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first programming language that I learned was GW-BASIC, some time in the late 1980s. We had a laptop-ish Tandy computer at some point, but I’m not sure if it was the first one or if there was another one before it.<\/p>\n

Computers used 5 1<\/sup>\/4<\/sub> inch floppy disks<\/a>.<\/p>\n

GW-BASIC had line numbers and GOTO statements, and came with a thick reference book that contained everything there was to know about the language. Line numbers were normally used in increments of 10, so that you could easily insert a missed line between existing lines of code – say, insert line 25 between lines 20 and 30 – without retyping everything that follows. The RENUM command renumbered all the lines back to tidy increments of 10.<\/p>\n

I remember making the computer draw circles and lines on the screen.<\/p>\n

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Esimene programmeerimiskeel, mida ma \u00f5ppisin, oli GW-BASIC, kunagi 1980-ndate l\u00f5pus. Meil oli s\u00fclearvuti-laadne Tandy, aga ma ei m\u00e4leta, kas see oli esimene v\u00f5i oli enne seda ka m\u00f5ni muu arvuti.<\/p>\n

Arvutid kasutasid 5 1<\/sup>\/4<\/sub> tolliseid flopisid ehk diskette.<\/p>\n

GW-BASICus olid reanumbrid ja GOTO kommando. Sellega tuli kaasa paks manuaal, kus oli kogu keel \u00e4ra kirjeldatud. Reanumbrid suurenesid tavaliselt k\u00fcmnekaupa. Nii sai kergesti kahe olemasoleva rea vahele uue lisada – n\u00e4iteks lisada ridade 20 ja 30 vahele uus rida 25 – ilma et peaks k\u00f5iki j\u00e4rgnevaid ridu uuesti sisse toksima. RENUM kommando nummerdas k\u00f5ik read j\u00e4lle 10-stele sammudele.<\/p>\n

M\u00e4letan, kuidas panin arvuti ekraanile ringe ja jooni joonistama.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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