IT industry news: Six-year-old computer whiz aims for record (Java Training Courses)

May 2
07:10

2012

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A six-year-old child from Bangladesh is hoping to be officially recognised as the world's youngest computer programmer.

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Wasik Farhan-Roopkotha showed an aptitude for computing at an early age and started typing in Microsoft Word at just three years old,IT industry news: Six-year-old computer whiz aims for record (Java Training Courses) Articles BBC News reports.

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The precocious youngster was programming game emulators from the age of four and his achievements have already received extensive media coverage in his home country.

He has also gained knowledge of C++, the programming language developed by Danish computer scientist Bjarne Stroustrup, without any formal training.

His mother Cynthia Farhan-Risha is now hopeful that Wasik will enjoy a highly successful IT career, as well as being mentioned in Guinness World Records as the youngest computer programmer in the world.

"Although he is still very young, everyone that I have met believes Wasik can certainly go on to have a fantastic career in the world of computer programming," she told the news provider.

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