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From: "Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com>
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Subject: Re: Point a beginner in the right direction? Cheap bare-board to run
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"Eryndlia Mavourneen" <eryndlia@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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>Btw, I started with FORTRAN and IBM 360 Assembly Language.

Well, being a bit younger, I was able to start on early PCs when I was just 
out of high school. (Well, actually, I programmed various programmable 
calculators in high school, but that doesn't really translate to anything 
sensible.) But that meant programming with what what was easily available: 
the Basic that came with the machine. My formal programming education 
started a few months later with FORTRAN IV (it wasn't "Fortran" then).

I agree that the starting language doesn't matter than much; anyone with 
half-a-brain will quickly figure out that you need more than basic 
capabilities to get much done. That's where Ada comes in, at least we hope.

                                            Randy.