It’s easy to accuse a noob of making the wrong choices when you have the experience necessary to make the right ones. There are a ton of outdated guides on the internet for every programming language. I’m almost certain there is some school kid downloading an old Borland C++ version right now, because the youtube video from 2010, regurgitating a tutorial from 2004 said so.
This was a bit too heavy on the whole revenge porn thing for me personally. It is exactly what it says on the tin though, so you’ll definitely know if you’re interested from the title alone.