What was the first coding language you ever learned?

Engineering Software Development

C13%

Python20%

Javascript34%

C#5%

BASIC20%

COBOL3%

Other (please share below!)3%

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C-PIO in Software3 years ago

W5 fortan

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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