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by paraplegic 3207 days ago
My introduction to programming was a 49 step programmable HP-25 which I borrowed from a friend in residence back in 1978, and subsequently just had to have one ... RPN got me interested in taking a FORTRAN course, and the following year I became an undergrad tutor and computer room assistant ... From lunar lander, to star trek on a mainframe, to a career in software development ... funny how career trajectories work ...