I self taught assembler on a Honeywell mainframe (8k of 6 bit memory) in the mid 1960's.
There was no OS, only a bootstrap loader and lots 'n lots of paper tape.
Later I self taught Algol, Cobol, Fortran and many other languages unique to a given computer brand.
Alas, they are now forgotten. I haven't programmed in decades though I do some scripting as required for my home network.
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