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A First Communion present of a computer game may not seem such a big deal, but for Patrick Collison it was worth millions -- €3.2 million to be exact. The gift ignited his fascination with computer programming and set him on his way to becoming a hi-tech whiz kid. At the age of eight, he took a computer course in the University of Limerick. Aged 10, he started studying books on computer programming. But it was only when he won the BT Young Scientist of the Year in 2005, still at the tender age of 16, that the world sat up and took notice. He unveiled a completely new computer language to the awestruck judges. "As the day progressed, I got the feeling I might have won something, but I didn't expect this," he said after President Mary McAleese presented him with a cheque for €3,000 and his Waterford Crystal trophy. Prize "I'll probably do something intertwined with computers in the future," he said and joked he had no idea what he would spend the prize money on. "It's a nice problem to h

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