Your first computer program

[MadDawg]

The thread on computers in schools got me reminiscing...

What was the first computer program you wrote?

My first was at college (my school was a bit backwards).

We had to write a program that, given an employees pay packet, would work out the fewest notes and coins with which it could be paid, and including a £10 and a 50p. BASIC of course, on a Prime IIRC. (I'm not counting the 'address book' I wrote on the Dragon 32 which was a series of hardcoded if statements!)

Actually seems quite a good 'first programming' assignment, except no-one gets paid cash nowadays!

[DimPrawn]

A scrolling asteroid game on the ZX81 in assembly language.

[sasguru]

A scrolling asteroid game on the ZX81 in assembly language.

Don't believe you. I reckon you were grooming your bum fluff and trying and failing to score with birds.

[Mich the Tester]

10 Print 'Mr ... is a dirty old man'
20 GOTO 10

[d000hg]

Something in GWBASIC that played Christmas Carols. My dad helped me figure out how to make it play a note and then I programmed in the carols from a book of recorder (I think) music. He took it into work and put it on the PCs there (he was the IT director) and I was very proud - I was only 7 or 8.

[vetran]

Don't believe you. I reckon you were grooming your bum fluff and trying and failing to score with birds.

memories Sassy eh? hint - Not all of us played with ourself for our entire youth or failed to get laid.

Me it was an advertising tool that showed a series of items over & over. ZX81

[MyUserName]

My very first one was at GCSE - it read in a name and then checked the input against a hard coded value.
The first actually 'proper' program was my A Level project. It was a fantasy football league in DataEase.

[TheFaQQer]

10 print "hello"
20 goto 10

[tractor]

My very first one was at GCSE - it read in a name and then checked the input against a hard coded value.
The first actually 'proper' program was my A Level project. It was a fantasy football league in DataEase.

DataEase eh? Those panels were great were they not? lol talk about cumbersome.

[DimPrawn]

Don't believe you. I reckon you were grooming your bum fluff and trying and failing to score with birds.

http://www.zx81stuff.org.uk/zx81/sho...er00200064.jpg