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by ridiculous_fish
4051 days ago
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I got started seriously around 1998, when I bought (bought!) a C++ compiler, the CodeWarrior Discover Programming Starter Kit [1], for the low low price of $79. Metrowerks achieved this amazing price by forbidding distribution of any software built with this compiler. Two years later I was rocking with Project Builder, which came with OS X Public Beta - at no extra cost! I credit the release of OS X, and the huge usability advances in Linux, for making the GNU toolset accessible to hobbyists and students. This barrier lowering is what enabled the Cambrian Explosion of programming languages we enjoy today. 1: http://www.macworld.com/article/1014313/19reviewscodewarrior... |
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