On Jun 3, 2007, at 1:54 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
That's the story I remember. Gates has been great at acquiring
other peoples projects and turning them into gold..I'm not sure
he's ever actually written a line of code!
Gates certainly did write code back in the early, early days of
Microsoft. As late as the mid-90's, he also performed code-reviews of
various programmers. (A good review from Gates was apparently a good
career boost)
From the book "Programmers at Work" (c 1985), Gates talked at length
about some of his programming and design tasks. One that stays with
me is the bit about how Excel implements Cut, Copy, Paste. He came up
with some clever behavior to limit the amount of temporary memory
needed.
Of course, 22 years later, that non-standard behavior is the bane of
anyone using Excel. I know it causes me frustration every time I use
Excel....
Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
-- Wilbur Wright, 1901
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