Conclusion

We've come a long way from the beginning of this chapter. Starting from basic information on how the hardware works, we've made it through our first actual, runnable program. By now, you should have a much better idea whether you're going to enjoy programming (and this book). Assuming you aren't discouraged on either of these points, let's proceed to gather some more tools, so we can undertake a bigger project.

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