🕰️ 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.

💻 BASIC

Ah, BASIC! This was the very first programming language I ever touched. 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

📏 Fortran

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 computing.

      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. It forced me to think about code structure and organization.

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

📈 Perl

"The Swiss Army knife of scripting languages," as it was known. It was incredibly powerful for text manipulation and regular expressions (Regex).

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
print "Hello and welcome to the world of Perl!\n";

🐢 Logo

I still remember controlling the little turtle with commands that made it draw shapes on the screen. It wasn't just code — it was art and logic.

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Last updated: 14 July 2025