On Fri, April 20, 2007 2:00 am, Andrew Lentvorski wrote:
> Lan Barnes wrote:
>>
>> Scoff. You're a meer pup!
>
> Hey!  Don't insult people who have a pround parentage of Suricata
> suricatta.
>
> <You meant mere, BTW ...>

Spelling fascist! Correct spelling is the goal of the obsessive-compulsive
anyway ... right, Carl?

>
>> Trash 80s,
>>
>> :-(
>>
>> and COBOL.
>
> Hey!  It was possible to use a Trash 80 and *not* use COBOL, thanks.
>
> Some of us knew that COBOL sucked even back then ...
>
> Not that Microsoft Basic was much better...
>
> Somehow I managed to get to C after only 4 years of computers.  Given
> the alternatives, I consider myself lucky.
>

One of the nice things about charting my own course back then instead of
listening to mainstream people is I got to go straight to C without
pausing in Fortran, COBOL or BASIC, which is what I was being strongly
advised to study "for my own good and commercial viability."

-- 
Lan Barnes

SCM Analyst              Linux Guy
Tcl/Tk Enthusiast        Biodiesel Brewer


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