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neilwilson on May 31, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: Am I the longest-serving programmer – 57 y...

At 38 years and a graduate of the ZX81 school of programming I am but a mere whippersnapper.

But I look forward to the day when I have accumulated sufficient experience to truly understand Lisp.

May the code by with you. Always.

FearNotDaniel on May 31, 2020 [–]

For a moment there I thought you meant you were 38 years old, meaning you would have been tapping on that membrane keyboard in your nappies :-) But yeah, happy days. My school had a couple of ZX81s and an Apple ][ which got me started until the BBC Micro came out and we got a ZX Spectrum at home.

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