Turbo Pascal was what the cool kids coded in. Although that sounds like an offhand statement the kids I knew that started out learning it went on to work at Id

Turbo Pascal was what the cool kids coded in. Although that sounds like an offhand statement the kids I knew that started out learning it went on to work at Id Software later on. A little before my time and I was jealous because QBasic was where I was at back then. Seeing that though gave me the courage to jump into Borland C++ not long after. It certainly made me realize there was a world beyond BASIC.