What was the first coding language you ever learned?

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C11%

Python16%

Javascript47%

C#4%

BASIC16%

COBOL2%

Other (please share below!)2%

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C-PIO in Software3 years ago

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C-Suite in Construction4 years ago

Pascal

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CTO in Software4 years ago

To any useful extent it was Pascal and later Turbo Pascal and Delphi (huge shout-out to Borland! 👍👍), but first I dabbled in Assembly and  PL/1 🙂

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Senior IT Manager in Government4 years ago

PL/C - yes, I’m old.

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vp information technology in Consumer Goods4 years ago

Fortran

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