Prof. Matt Ward's First Program

If I must admit to such things, my first program was written while I was in high school (Basic on a PDP 8 or 9, I believe). It was my first (and certainly not my last) infinite loop.

It typed

Ed Koziol is a jerk. [bell]
Ed Koziol is a jerk. [bell]
Ed Koziol is a jerk. [bell]
...

He was, by the way. Hey, how mature were you at age 15? My first real programming was done in Fortran (WATFOR) in 1974 at some obscure New England engineering college...

Matt

Prof. Matt Ward