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Re:Fully documented source code for Elite on the BBC Micro by djaychela on Monday September 28, 2020 @02:31AM (#24613580)
I suffered a similar fate (z 80 based) - led to me stop trying to learn programming for many years after that as I thought I must be thick!

Glad to see I wasn't the only one (I mean that in a nice way!)

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Re:Fully documented source code for Elite on the BBC Micro by tasogare on Monday September 28, 2020 @06:15AM (#24615036)
Me learning JavaScript (DHTML) circa 2004: "why does this document.write(i) override the whole thing? There is no point using loops or JavaScript if the only thing I can see is the last iteration". Then I didn’t touch that language for more than a decade, even after have learned programming.
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Re:Fully documented source code for Elite on the BBC Micro by raxxorrax on Monday September 28, 2020 @07:17AM (#24615412)
Not the same generation but I didn't have anything remotely close to a computer at that age. Still better off than pupils with a smartphone today, but having such manuals that actually do teach would be an awesome thing to have again.
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