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> It is true however, that early experience _can_ be habit forming,
> but this does not necessarily mean the result is predetermined.

Indeed.  I started with BASIC, both on PDP-8 and on TRS-80.
It was _such_ a pain that I did nothing serious until Pascal
came along.