I toyed with Basic on Z80 as a kid but I have fond memories of Turbo Pascal.
When I was 14 and I first got access to a PC at school, Turbo Pascal was the first proper programming language I got access to. It got a compiler, strong typing, an IDE and a help page. Help page was invaluable since we didn't have Internet access nor did I owned Pascal books.
Pascal made me think anything is possible, from games to line of business apps. It provided low level access and I toyed with rebooting the PC and entering BIOS and bypassing BIOS password by writing to some hardware register.
My journey with Pascal didn't last much, as I discovered C and C++ which seemed even more amazing and flexible.
When I was 14 and I first got access to a PC at school, Turbo Pascal was the first proper programming language I got access to. It got a compiler, strong typing, an IDE and a help page. Help page was invaluable since we didn't have Internet access nor did I owned Pascal books.
Pascal made me think anything is possible, from games to line of business apps. It provided low level access and I toyed with rebooting the PC and entering BIOS and bypassing BIOS password by writing to some hardware register.
My journey with Pascal didn't last much, as I discovered C and C++ which seemed even more amazing and flexible.