What Was Your First Programming Language?

[Bill (Smithville NJ)]

(07-04-2015 11:31 PM)rprosperi Wrote:  Forth? Really, wow! I've never met anyone that actually used Forth on a commercial product.

For my first IBM XT PC, I had a Robotic arm. It was connected by a cable to a board plugged into the mother board. To program the arm, Forth was used. It was the first time I was exposed to Forth. I wish I still had it - it would make for a great collectible.

It makes since that Forth would be used to program a robotic arm. If I remember correctly, Forth was originally created to control a telescope.

A few years ago, I acquired a data logger for the PC-1500 pocket computer that used MVS Forth. This was pretty interesting - Forth on a pocket computer.

Bill
Smithville, NJ