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		scotty79 on Nov 14, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Do you recall any book or course that made... Ah, I was lucky because I learned Turbo Pascal. After that Turbo C++ was just the exactly same thing just with really weird and bit cryptic syntax.

geocrasher on Nov 15, 2022 [–]

Hmmm I wonder if my career would've been different had I learned Turbo Pascal or if I'd found somebody who could explain Pointers to me. Or, just skipped that subject until later. I really liked TC++ back then. I could even write small programs from memory. Ah, to be 15 again.

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