> I mean, I used to mess up with computers since I was a child, but I wouldn't call that "programming".

Well, he does call programming whatever he did.

In '83 they have sold 5 million computers according to the wikipedia[1], I am sure tens of thousands of 6 year olds started programming on them.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_share_of_personal_compu...