Nine-year-old writes iPhone code

[bryncoles]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7874291.stm


A nine-year-old Malaysian boy in Singapore has written a painting application for the Apple iPhone.


Lim, who is now fluent in six programming languages, first started using a computer when he was two-years-old, discovered programming aged seven, and has since completed more than 20 programming projects.

precocious little scamp, aint he?!

[conehead77]

... and the only reason we know about him is the iphone. I bet he can write code for a linux distribution aswell, but that wouldnt be in the newspapaper. Apple rules at marketing. "A 9 year old can make applications for the iphone, you can too!"

[Trail]

Nice job, but still, I wouldn't wonna have to debug his code ;)

[MikeTheC]

Ah, the anti-Apple hatred continues, I see...

So he's developed fluency in several programming languages. With use comes mastery. Hey, he's only 9, so quit cracking on him, alright?

[bryncoles]

+1. he wrote a nice application, for the iphone, that turned out to be popular. good for him!

[Polygon]

people like this make me feel so inferior.

[chucky chuckaluck]

to date, is he the oldest person to work on the iphone?