Interesting, I never learned pascal, I started by learning PHP what php I can really well, I've been studying JS for a year now, where I learned NodeJS, NextJS, React, VueJS and Preact.
I did (1986) things aren't so different, hardware is monumentally faster and developer tools are more powerful but its still text describing what you want the machine to do in detail.
The first three languages I learned are still around (BASIC, Pascal and C).
I thing it was Borland Turbo C++ 3.0 for MS-DOS.
It had syntax highlighting, integrated help with full language and API documentation. Which was useful because I didn't have Internet access back then, at the beginning of the 1990's.
I had to buy a new PC with an Intel 386 CPU, and add "extended memory" to run the IDE. It couldn't run with only 640 Ko of RAM.
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Not sure you'd call it an IDE ...
I had to buy a new PC with an Intel 386 CPU, and add "extended memory" to run the IDE. It couldn't run with only 640 Ko of RAM.
AHAHAHA
10 PRINT "good old days"
20 GO TO 10
RUN
AHAHA
In doing cleaning and purging on the house, I just found something I forgot I had: an ISPF implementation for use on MS-DOS!