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[[File:My First Program by Karl Jones.jpg|thumb|"'''My First Program'''" by Karl Jones.]]"'''My First Program'''" is a true story.
[[File:My First Program by Karl Jones.jpg|thumb|"'''My First Program'''" by Karl Jones.]]
"'''My First Program'''" is a true story.


== Essay ==
== Background ==


The ecstatic rush of me being 10 years old in 1971 and writing:
Minneapolis Public Schools was a national leader in getting computers into classrooms during the 1960s.
 
* [https://zocalopublicsquare.org/2019/02/21/minnesota-teachers-invented-proto-internet-centered-community-commerce/ideas/essay/ In 1967, Eighteen School Districts Around the Twin Cities Created a Computing Network Connecting More Than 130,000 Students] @ Zocalo Public Square
 
== My First Program ==
 
When I was ten, I wrote my first computer program:


10 PRINT "KARL"<br>
10 PRINT "KARL"<br>
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RUN
RUN


== History ==
Using only my mind (and its servants, my fingers), I had caused a machine to *endlessly replicate my name*.
 
Well, not endlessly:  the instructor taught me about the BREAK key.


== In the News ==
== In the News ==
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File:Unmatched since William Blake saw God.jpg|link=Unmatched since William Blake saw God|Running my first program at age ten filled my with a holy joy '''[[unmatched since William Blake saw God]]'''.
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== External links ==
== External links ==


* [https://x.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1607256374135894017 Post] @ Twitter (26 December 2022)
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1579524825521197058 Post] @ Twitter (10 October 2022)
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1579524825521197058 Post] @ Twitter (10 October 2022)
* [https://twitter.com/karl_jones/status/1325085232408748033 Post] @ Twitter
* [https://twitter.com/karl_jones/status/1325085232408748033 Post] @ Twitter
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Latest revision as of 14:51, 5 February 2025

"My First Program" by Karl Jones.

"My First Program" is a true story.

Background

Minneapolis Public Schools was a national leader in getting computers into classrooms during the 1960s.

My First Program

When I was ten, I wrote my first computer program:

10 PRINT "KARL"
20 GOTO 10
RUN

Using only my mind (and its servants, my fingers), I had caused a machine to *endlessly replicate my name*.

Well, not endlessly: the instructor taught me about the BREAK key.

In the News

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External links

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