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Nine-year-old writes iPhone code
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7874291.stm



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

Lim Ding Wen created the finger painting program, known as Doodle Kids, for his two younger sisters aged three and five.

The program allows iPhone owners to draw images on the handset's touch screen using just their fingers.

The program has been downloaded more than 4,000 times from Apple's iTunes store in less than two weeks.

While most children of his age are painting or drawing with crayons, Lim Ding Wen has been programming.

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.

His latest application, Doodle Kids, allows users to draw pictures using their fingers and then clear the screen by shaking the iPhone.

"I wrote the program for my younger sisters, who like to draw," said Lim. "But I am happy that people like it."

Lim wrote the original application on his computer but has now adapted it for use on an iPhone.

He told The Electric New Paper in Singapore that he wrote the application in just a few days in Pascal.

Go on my son

Writing on his website, Lim's father - Lim Thye Chean - a chief technology officer at a local hi-tech firm, who also writes iPhone applications, was modest about his son's achievements.

"Ding Wen is an above average boy with an interest in computers, especially Apple IIGS and Macs, likes to do programming, and that's it.

"Doodle Kids is an extremely simple program that can be done by anybody. Everybody can program - if Ding Wen can, so can you," he wrote.

Lim Ding Wen is now working on a sci-fi game for the iPhone called Invader Wars and plans to join his school's robotics club.


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huatkoay
what a genius.... he shud remain and stay at Singapore, dun come back to Msia. Useless here
malaccan
^What else is new? icon_wink.gif I think that's already the plan. I don't consider Malaysians living and working in Singapore as 'foreign talent'. There's just too many similarities.

swingdoctor
And I don't even know how to defrag my computer icon_sad.gif
fatman
^LOL
tangawizi
QUOTE(swingdoctor @ Feb 11 2009, 02:35 AM) [snapback]4124190[/snapback]
And I don't even know how to defrag my computer icon_sad.gif


Buy a Mac for their file system is so good you won't ever have to defrag! biggrin.gif
evantz13
yup...better not to back malaysia...better stay in singapore...malaysia u don't have appreciation from malaysia government. only malays will have appreciation if the genius is of their kind.so far heard of malay genius, lack heard of chinese genius..gd lck guy..
taotao
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UncleSouTh
Wow he knows 6 programming languages! I'm 22 and im not that smart... He will be a young millionaire and a ladies man! haha
type52
it obviously came from the chinese side of the family
sinraptor
QUOTE (type52 @ May 28 2009, 11:45 AM) *
it obviously came from the chinese side of the family


definately jk
ham_let
The dad is right. The progam looks pretty easy to make. My skill with programming never got that good but I can see how it could be made...

Props to him though. He's just a kid lol.
iluvlamp
how come every genius I hear about is either full east asian or part?
WoundedKnee
QUOTE (iluvlamp @ Jun 15 2009, 05:09 PM) *
how come every genius I hear about is either full east asian or part?


Because you don't get out much.
Point_Dexter
His dad wrote it.
amyol
His dad is the key. living environment is important for a genius
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