🕰️ Nostalgia from the World of Programming

In the ever-evolving world of software, where new languages and frameworks emerge daily, it's easy to forget the roots upon which all these modern technologies are built. This page is a humble tribute to those "older" languages that shaped my consciousness as a developer and opened the doors to the world of computing for me.

"To understand the present, we must delve into the past."

💻 BASIC (Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code)

Ah, BASIC! This was the very first programming language I ever touched. I vividly remember my old computer and its monochrome screen. The simplicity of its commands like PRINT and GOTO felt like pure magic. My journey began here, understanding how simple instructions could make the machine do amazing things.

10 PRINT "Welcome to the world of programming!"
20 INPUT "What is your name? "; N$
30 PRINT "Hello, "; N$; " in Helwan Linux!"
40 END

This was the beginning, the spark that ignited my lifelong passion for programming.

📏 Fortran (Formula Translation)

Though I may not have written much in it, I spent hours reading and trying to comprehend Fortran code. As one of the oldest high-level programming languages, it was and still is a giant in scientific and engineering computing. The idea of translating complex mathematical formulas into computer instructions was astonishing in itself.

      PROGRAM HELLO
      PRINT *, 'Hello from Fortran!'
      END PROGRAM HELLO

📍 Pascal

Pascal was the language where I felt I was taking my first steps towards "structured" programming. With its strictness and clear rules, it forced me to think about code structure and organization, a lesson that stays with me to this day..

program HelloWorld;
begin
  writeln('Hello world, from Pascal!');
end.

📈 Perl

When I started exploring scripting and early web development, Perl was the star! "The Swiss Army knife of scripting languages," as it was known. It was incredibly powerful for text manipulation and regular expressions (Regex). I remember spending hours writing Perl scripts to automate tasks, or even to create simple dynamic web pages. Its flexibility allowed me to solve problems in creative (and sometimes slightly messy!) ways.

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;

print "Hello and welcome to the world of Perl!\n";

🐢 Logo (Language of Turtles and Imagination)

Logo was one of the first programming languages I encountered during school. It was designed to teach children the basics of programming, and it did so in a fun and visual way.

I still remember controlling the little turtle with commands that made it draw shapes on the screen. One of my earliest 'aha!' moments came when I saw this code draw a perfect square:

REPEAT 4 [FORWARD 100 RIGHT 90]

It was through Logo that I first understood the power of repetition and geometry in programming. It wasn't just code — it was art, logic, and play all in one. Logo gave me the joy of watching logic come to life visually.

Last updated: 14 July 2025