Mel is a real programmer. http://info.astrian.net/jargon/Hacker_Folklore/The_Story_of_Mel.html
> -----Original Message----- > From: Don Gould [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 2:28 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Are you real or just a fake?! (Was: RE: Gnomemeeting > to go to QT --> QT Demo...) > > > Dream 2000... > > Step 1. Make PCB from tear out page in magazine... > > Step 2. Solder all bits on to PCB... > > Step 3. Enter hundreds of code instructions from 10 pages in > magazine... > (Pray power company doesn't cut off power - what's a USP? > .... oh you mean > bunch of batteries). > > Step 4. Play the game. > > .... > > Now Olwen, you had the upper hand a moment ago... (mainly become I was > rolling on the floor laughting at your comments, yes I > enjoyed your humour > that much :) > > Now please be kind and remember I was 9 when the Dream 2000 > came out... be > nice if you're going to start talking about whinding feric > bed memmory! :) > > Cheers Don > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Williams, Olwen - SAL [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 2:14 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: Gnomemeeting to go to QT --> QT Demo... > > > > > > I don't consider myself to be a real programmer -- I started > > in COBOL which > > is not a real programmer's tool. > > > > The "real" programmers I knew were the ones who would punch > > object code with > > a 15 key hand card punch and load it on the B500 and have > it perform a > > useful task. > > > > But I do take exception to one of your comments. I don't > > often answer to > > "him". > > > > I was going to take exception with the 35 years, but > > unfortunately you are > > right (oh dear) > > > > Olwen Williams > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Don Gould [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 1:47 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: Gnomemeeting to go to QT --> QT Demo... > > > > > > Olwen, > > > > You may consider your self a real programmer because you > use a product > > that's older than half of the programmers out there > writting web pages > > today... I'm not going to argue the toss with you on that > > one :) Just > > because you've been doing something badly and the hard way > > for near on 35 > > years is no reason to stop now (in my book anyway). > > > > (Dear God, please let Olwen see that I'm just pulling his > > chain a little and > > he should simply write me off with contempt for the comments > > above, Kind > > regards Don.) > > > > As for real programmers... the one guy I considered a 'real > > programmer' > > (this life time) could program in ASM faster than most people > > I know can > > read. I've never seen someone take 100,000 lines of code and > > turn it into > > something that works over night before I saw what this guy > > did with some > > call accounting software that we'd had someone else design. > > > > Anyway, I think I should leave the rest of this debate for a > > beer down at a > > local pub some time. > > > > > > Cheers Don > > > > ____________________________________________________________________ > > CAUTION - This message may contain privileged and confidential > > information intended only for the use of the addressee named above. > > If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby > > notified that any use, dissemination, distribution or reproduction > > of this message is prohibited. If you have received this message in > > error please notify Safe Air Ltd immediately. Any views expressed > > in this message are those of the individual sender and may not > > necessarily reflect the views of Safe Air. > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > For more information on the Safe Air Group, visit us online > > at http://www.safeair.co.nz/ > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > __________ NOD32 1.701 (20040401) Information __________ > > > > This message was checked by NOD32 Antivirus System. > > http://www.nod32.com > > > > > >
