Linux is KING - Couldn't be hacked - Mac, Vista went down in flames
Les
hlhowell at pacbell.net
Wed Apr 2 16:10:33 UTC 2008
You mean before FORTRAN 77 of course?
Regards,
Les H
On Tue, 2008-04-01 at 23:50 -0400, mjwestkamper wrote:
> Ever hear of:
> a IBM 1401
> an IBM 7090
> Punch cards,
> coding pad
> FORTRAN
>
>
> Richard England wrote:
> > Tim wrote:
> >> Tim:
> >>
> >>>> have the CPU op-code cheat sheet in the coat pocket... ;-)
> >>>>
> >>
> >> Les:
> >>
> >>> I memorized it and threw it away. Does that mean I fail the test?
> >>>
> >>
> >> If you code in pen and ink before even going near the computer, that
> >> counts.
> >>
> >> Back when I were a lad, we didn't use no debugger. We'd print the code,
> >> and attack the printout with pencils out to mark all the bugs and
> >> corrections, then type the changes back in.
> >>
> >> Tim, waiting for one of the old codgers to tell us a tale of how they
> >> had to make the valves and warm them up before starting... ;-)
> >>
> >>
> > I understand they warmed them in their arm pits to save on electricity
> > since it was only on for 5 hours a day....
> >
>
>
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