What Was Your First Programming Language?

[Francois Lanciault]

Wang 600 keystroke programming when I was a kid.

From there:

TI-57
TRS-80 Basic (in the Radio Shack store as I could not afford one)
Sinclair ZX-81 basic
Z80 Assembler on zx-81
Timex Sinclair 2068 basic
Sinclair QL Basic
C Language On Sinclair QL
68000 assembler on Sinclair QL
...
Various language on Amigas
...
C language on NeXT computer
...
Various language on PC and MAC
...

and recently :

RPN on lots of HP calculators
HP Basic on old HP computers

No interest anymore in programming modern computers. Everything I do is on vintage computers and calculators.

Believe it or not, just last week at my job, I put in place a qualification setup for a new rotary actuator that will be sent into space next year. The qualification is controlled by an HP Series 300 from 1986. :-)


François