yes I remember.... running a cobol program that proved taht 2+2=4 and listening to some guy begging people for 30 seconds of computer time so he could finish his current class project (seems his last one had an endless loop and he ate up 2 minutes of time before someone caught it..) The large (I think it was 16 inch X 30 inch) green and white striped (so you could read across lines) paper and a red pen... This is called debugging. Then after 2 days of hair pulling and no sleep finding out that on the Honeywell -1 + 1 = -0 and 1 - 1 =0 Now the computer knows that -0 = 0 but if your test reads
if x=0 do a else b and you have a -0 result... it will do b from now until forever. Even if you know it should be a. I decided at that point to go systems....However the Amiga brought me back to really having fun with computers..... That and BBSs. James I still think grep was invented to make finding your FIDO mail easier. On Thu, 2002-09-05 at 23:04, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 22:39 -0700, James Sparenberg wrote: > > > Don't forget the TI and the one I wrote my first piece of code on ... > > the HP-45 RPM programmable Calculator. (more fun than the mainframe... > > it took forever to write, debug and view output from a program it was > > boring.... the 45 however gave me instant results.) > > > > James > > No. In modern times you sit there and code for a certain time, say 1 > hour. Then you run the stuff through your compiling routine and see the > result. You curse for a certain time, do your head-bangs-against-wall > and start all over. > > In those times with the mainframe you sat there for some days or weeks > and coded, writing the code on in forms using a pencil. Then you gave > all the stuff to a data typist and waited a couple of days to get your > cards punched. Meanwhile you relaxed in your favourite watering hole. > > During these days you went to the white coats and begged for computer > time to run your program. Then after much begging and kneeling on the > floor you got a schedule and waited another week. > > Then, on a beautiful Saturday evening you come to the holy chapel (aka > the computer department) and the operator loads the stacks of cards > with your program. > > Your program does not work like you thought it would. > > After debugging for 2 months you finally find out that your coding was > ok but the data typist had a flue and each sneeze spoiled the card she > was working on at the moment. So your program could not work. > > Now isn't that far from boring? > > wobo > -- > "... and anyway, an html can't carry a virus." (Aug 2001, Usenet) > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: #128612867 GPG-ID: A69882EE > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > ISDN4LINUX-FAQ -- Deutsch: http://www.wolf-b.de/i4l/i4lfaq-de.html > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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