It was my birthday present when I was 11, after drooling over it in the MacMall catalog for months and begging my parents every time I thought I could risk it... CodeWarrior was like the Christmas Story kid&#x27;s BB Gun for me. I think they must have found the academic discount, there&#x27;s no way they could have afforded the $400.<p>I had no idea what I was getting myself into, I just knew I needed a good &quot;compiler&quot; to make &quot;programs&quot;. Apple&#x27;s IDE (MPW?) was really horrendous by comparison - I was unable to get anywhere with it.<p>I also literally learned how to write C in CodeWarrior. I wish I could find the CodeWarrior people and tell them how influential it was.