Unscientific Nerdchild Survey

[snarp]

If you learned a programming/scripting language at age 13 or younger:

1) Did you start trying to code before or after you started algebra in school?

2) Which seemed easier for you?

Comments

[yeloson]

I'm pretty sure I learned BASIC at or before algebra. Algebra was hard initially because I had a terrible teacher. The following summer I got a tutor and it was easy once it was explained to me.

BASIC was pretty easy, but on the other hand the Commodore 64 limited how much code you could jam into it.

Algebra turned out to be easier, though I think that has more to do with it's core value in tabletop RPGs and the state of computer programming books at that time so I can't make a clean comparison.

[snarp]

It's actually unbelievable that I forgot the important variable that is tabletop gaming when designing this survey about variables.