[五代·吴越]闽县（今福州）人，居慈溪（今浙江慈溪）。仕吴越官至丞相，谥贞献。善属文，能书，得欧、虞法，所聚图书悉手钞。《宁波志》 学书二王和欧阳询，尤以书写草隶知名。著有《吴江应用集》。
当同龄小孩都还在用彩色画笔画图的时候，林鼎文已经会编写程序(来画图了)。
While most children of his age are painting or drawing with crayons, Lim Ding Wen has been programming.
他写道：“林鼎文比他同龄人的更痴迷于电脑，尤其是喜欢苹果的IIGS和Macs。 他热爱编程序。
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.
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