Phil, I learned Assembler on a Tech school in Indy, while a computer operator on a s360/40 running DOS/VS 34
Scott ford www.identityforge.com On Jun 14, 2012, at 12:17 AM, Phil Smith III <[email protected]> wrote: > Jim Mulder wrote: >> Let's not be too hard on grad students who grade assembler >> projects to pay their tuition. I can tell you from experience that is >> pretty mind-numbing to spend all night reading and grading 60 assembler > programs that do the same thing. > <snip> > > Sure, that's no doubt the case. > > It didn't help that the prof was Wes Graham of WATFIV fame. That compiler may > have been a great achievement, but he was a terrible prof and a blowhard (I > worked there in Computing Services for six years and that was the common > perception, not just my own), so I *may* have been a tad bit overly ready to > criticize. > > Also remember that I was 19 or so at the time :-) > > In addition, my actual point was diluted by my comment about not being > impressed: I actually mostly look back at it with a grin, thinking of how > irritated my buddy was about our respective grades! > > ...phsiii
