@carto A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through? https://amzn.eu/d/40zJRrZ
@carto i figured. I started with BBC basic on a BBC model B. These days I mostly use bash or C.
@quixoticgeek I seem to end up concocting an unholy brew of bash, tr, cut, sed, awk and the like for daily use.
@carto yep. Throw in tee and the odd named pipes, and you're pretty much looking at my daily toolbox...
@quixoticgeek Excellent!
(Although I have to say I referred to Forth the programming language - the first compiled one I learned, from Leo Brodie's Starting Forth 😄)