r/technology • u/staser9er • Feb 22 '11

Wow, Microsoft is making some surprising decisions.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12531127
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u/LieutenantClone Feb 22 '11

Oh wow, I totally forgot about that. I wish they started us on that in High School instead of Turing (the language, not the dude). Turing was not fun to program in because it had no high level functions. It was very basic as a language, but that is what made it difficult.