In article <0e7c66ab-afe7-57fa-5234-808c2a97b...@timelords.org.uk>, fred.d <fre...@timelords.org.uk> wrote: > If you liked Fortran, then you should have tried PASCAL. Sure it needed > some extensions but it was simple and it was very hard to write bad > code.
I find it easy to write terrible code. Comes naturally. I just stop digging when it does the job. As the French (almost) say, "It's not magnificent, it's a railway station". 8-] My 1st machine was an ICL 1900. But once it arrived I *much* preferred a BBC B. Not a fan of BBC Basic, but it was OK until later machines with FORTRAN and C compilers came along for later 'Acorn' machines. Still typing this on a machine running modern RISC OS. :-) > Sorry, bit off topic I know but it's horrible weather outside... Actually, its a decent day here. Need much less heating than a few days ago! Jim -- Electronics https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scots_Guide/intro/electron.htm Armstrong Audio http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/Armstrong/armstrong.html biog http://jcgl.orpheusweb.co.uk/history/ups_and_downs.html Audio Misc http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/index.html _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
