The program was called Turtle Tracks (or something close to that) and it too was my first introduction to programming... and changed my life... It successfully merged fun and programming into one (and that's what counts when you are a little kid:). I am now a professional programmer, and doing work on multiple FSF/GNU projects... Lego Mindstorms are probably a good modern-day equivalent to doing turtle tracks back in the 80's:) They are tons of fun too!:)
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The program was called Turtle Tracks (or something close to that) and it too was my first introduction to programming... and changed my life... It successfully merged fun and programming into one (and that's what counts when you are a little kid :). I am now a professional programmer, and doing work on multiple FSF/GNU projects... Lego Mindstorms are probably a good modern-day equivalent to doing turtle tracks back in the 80's :) They are tons of fun too! :)