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I made the mistake of learning Visual Basic 6 first. That's like starting a race in last place.

While I feel your pain (and cringe on your behalf), I will say that many winners of NASCAR races started in last place.

I shudder to think of all programming languages being involved in an elaborate NASCAR race.

If programming languages were cars... http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~mvanier/hacking/rants/cars.html

NASCAR isn't a legitimate sport, it's a spectacle. Any time one car gets too far in front of the others a restart is issued. Various owners have openly admitted they do this "for the fan's excitement".

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