SubscribeDon’t know why but I have some very distinct memories of key points in my programming life. Maybe it’s the beers or the fact that I am still at work at 11:00 PM*…
The first is logo, the language that was used to move a “turtle” in that old apple IIe program. I distinctly remember the first time I saw it (back in 3rd grade or so) and being incredibly pleased that I could type commands and make it move. I remember seeing code that you could load to have it draw complex circles and stuff, but I wasn’t interested. I wanted to write my own commands. Possibly my first experience of “not invented here syndrome”.
The second is far later while learning C++. When I was reading about namespaces and classes and didn’t see what all the fuss was about. I could write functions in namespaces or I could nest classes just like namespaces. Infact I remeber thinking that I could do the same exact thing with nested classes and some pointers in C. Now, looking back, it’s amazing how little I understood about OOP. I had thought I understood everything and I thought I was smarter than I actually was.
*Post was written a few days ago, just getting around to posting now.