SamB

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I am fascinated by computers, and have been since before I could read. My favorite programming languages are Haskell and Python, and I'm no stranger to C.

My childhood was spent on DOS and Windows 95. After learning to read, I managed to learn the basics of programming with the help of The Secret Guide to Computers, GWBASIC, UCBLogo, LADYBUG Logo, and some LOGO book(s) I can't recall the names of. I didn't much like GWBASIC, but at least it had a printed reference manual. I had also tried QBASIC, but had trouble with the online help, which I later decided was probably because all of the text was in the same font (making it hard to tell the verbatim code from the other notation).

[... Windows, VB, DJGPP, Cygwin, Mindstorms, POV-RAY ...]

Eventually I bought my own computer and installed a copy of Linux, and that's when I really began to learn how computer systems work: technical documentation for most things was available online, and if that wasn't enough to satisfy my curiosity I could look at the source code.

[... Python ... Haskell ...]

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7	pure code formatting, to enhance a question, is impossible (without 2k rep)
6	Is it wrong to associate many accounts for the 100 bonus?
5	Syntax highlighting for C doesn't properly recognize `restrict` as a keyword
4	@<name> comments should link to the named person's profile (like twitter)
3	Markdown syntax for pseudo-tags in question/answer text?

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+5	Community should associate its accounts
+40	pure code formatting, to enhance a question, is impossible (without 2k rep)
+5	Implement (e.g.) <!— language: lang-css --> in preview
+5	What happened to the syntax highlighting here on meta?

9 Questions

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19	Implement (e.g.) <!— language: lang-css --> in preview
7	What happened to the syntax highlighting here on meta?
5	Make [undefined-behaviour] a synonym of [undefined-behavior]
5	Community should associate its accounts
5	Discoverable links to revision history

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15 discussion × 8	6 association
7 suggested-edits	5 prettify × 4
7 code-formatting	4 comments
6 feature-request × 6	4 status-declined
6 character-limit × 2	4 comment-replies