Fortran, HS junior year (1972). Coded on 80 column paper, sent to students at local VoTech to turn into keypunched cards, then run on the Techs time-share system. Encouraged good, debugged code up front. First language in college was Algol.

I've been told that I'm genetically clue inhibited but...

I have Red Hat pre-6, Debian 2 and Slackware "4" running on various boxen at home and plan on trying to pick up a copy of FreeBSD 3 at Comdex on Monday.

There's so much that's good and so much to learn from all of the work going on that I feel like a kid in the world's biggest candy store (kinda like a Virtual Frye's for software) and when I grow up (I'm 42) I'm gonna be like Linus and Alan and Jordan H., etc.

I guess I just don't get the O/S Holy Wars. I'd ask for an explanation but my flameproof Fruit of the Looms are in the wash right now.

Destined to be clueless for life I guess... (*sigh*)