The imp of the perverse

[Chipp Walters]

>
> It's a proven fact that most programmers become
> notably attached to the first language they learned.
> Kind of like a chick (baby duck) which bonds with
> whatever thing is the FIRST that it sees. For many of
> us xTalkers, our 1st experience with programming was
> scripting HyperTalk. Only natural, therefore, that it
> seems so "natural" to us.
>

Wow. This means I've bonded with Fortran -- a very scary thought.

but, it does explain my affinity for Xcard languages going back to the first
'Hollerith' cards.