Geez, nobody ever asked me to dance because I wrote clean code...:-/
Sharon
At 02:27 PM 4/6/2001 -0700, Jennifer wrote:
>You know, I took a bunch of Apple Basic/ Trash-80 Basic classes way back
>when and those people never could figure out how to get display text to
>wrap to the next line correctly.
>
>I remember the day my animation class typed in the basic code for Logo
>(remember the turtle?). I typed so slow (I still type one-handed) that the
>guys in the class typed most of my section of the code. Of course, being
>the only female in the advanced basic classes, the guys were very happy to
>help me out....
>
>Just like all the guys at computer summer camp in 1985 who heard that I was
>beyond the counselors and all wanted to dance with me on the last night
there.
>
>I'm working on a series of poems about video games for the Apple ][e.
>
>At 04:56 PM 4/6/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>>Another early programming experience - and I'll probably regret ever saying
>>this...
>>
>>The single-most biggest leap in computer programming skill occured when I
>>was 11 or 12 or so learning Applesoft BASIC on the Apple2+. I was reading
>>the basic programming tutorial but I couldn't figure out why none of my
>>programs would work.
>>
>>Then I discovered you were supposed to hit the ENTER key at the end of each
>>statement.
>>
>>Yep, believe it or not, I was hitting the space bar to move the cursor to
>>the next line.
>>
>>-sigh-
>>
>>I kinda miss BASIC on the Apple, especially doing drawing programs in HIRES
>>and LOWRES. Oh, yea, and hacking the lemon aid sales sim program at school
>>so I could earn the most money.
>>
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>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Michael Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>> > Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 4:28 PM
>> > To: CF-Community
>> > Subject: Re: www.cfbabes.com & www.cf-community.com
>> >
>> >
>> > Same experience - handwriting - in VERY neat block caps - the
>> > code - getting results back next week. Boy did it
>> > make you be careful not to do typos in your code or have bugs in
>> > your program! We used to bench run the programs
>> > outloud before submitting to be sure they worked BEFORE the
>> > computer got hold of them...
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>
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