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2009-11-14 , 16:29
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Originally Posted by RevdKathy View Post
Oh, and my Grandfather when over 80 taught himself cobol, and later basic in order to do his research into prime numbers.
He was 80+ when he started learning his first programming language? or did he have prior knowledge with languages other than cobol and basic, like fortran?

i really wish i'll be like that when i'm 80. there are people who don't even start learning new things once they're over 40.