Lifecode

This time, I will be less technical. No, actually ignore the first sentence. I’ve been coding since 2007, and C was my first language. I use Turbo C back then, and it was a pretty cool compiler back then. It’s now an antique, and you can download it here.

As I was saying, I can still remember the things I’ve been coding in Turbo C. I had that Pythagorean solver, which I posted in planet-source-code. I was so proud, and I even created a general mathematical solver, for a bigger one. Oh, and do you know that I tYpE LiKe tHiS bEfoRe?. Anyway, why am I saying all this stuff? Actually I was just refreshing my memory of what I am before, and comparing it on what I am now.

For the times that have passed, coding became an art for me. It sounds silly, but true. I can safely say I’ve done more than 100 usable programs and scripts just to fulfill my hobby. I used to code for automation, and exploitation. Nobody in my family knows what I’m doing. All they can see, is me, looking at a computer screen for an average of 16+ hours a day. I never felt boredom in coding, as boredom comes when you’re out of ideas on what to code. My ideas are hard to implement. Sometimes thoughts have been passing though my brain in countless numbers of times.

So what did I do to be, here? Almost 4 years of programming experience, I never kept track of myself. Though I somewhat became a little boastful, it has changed. August, last year, I wiped out my old HDD, desperately (see my other post). Alongside with that, is the memories, and codes of my past. So basically I never got to see those stuff again, ever. On the good side, change.

Change is inevitable, this is what I hear from others. I usually, don’t care, but now it’s the opposite. Simple things change, and these leads to greater changes. And you know what? Learning a new language, changes me. When I’m introduced to C++, I was discouraged by a friend in UK. Thinking the iostream library is a bloat, I embraced the C Standard Library. Until one day, I just realized I need to go for C++.

C++ is the superset of C, and as I became open to the object oriented environment, I became open to a new environment in real life as well. Though, I do not wish to put things in detail, I can simply say that this is one of the most remarkable changes in me. And praise God for that.

Few hours ago (January 25, 2010), I won a regional C++ programming competition. Before the awarding, I was shaking because of the cold air + the excitement I felt. This, is what I can call “Victory”. And even if I lose, it still is a victorious fight. I was very grateful for what God has made me. I started this year with a brand new prayer life. And these victories I’ve been experiencing, is a way of God telling me.. “There’s more..“.

It’s not only victories that I should prepare for, failures and discouragements will arise. But, faith will still remain. And if I fall, I fall forward, plus, God will catch me. God bless.