Took Fortran in College, honestly, hated it... but alas I am an engineer not a code writer :)
Z Edward E. Ziots, CISSP, Security +, Network + Security Engineer Lifespan Organization ezi...@lifespan.org -----Original Message----- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 9:49 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: FoxIT reader vulnerability I took USCD Pascal, RPG III, COBOL, Fortran, 360 assembler, JCL and probably a couple of other languages as well in a failed attempt at an Associates about then. I heard of the language about then as well, but didn't try to tackle it until I had an Amiga. None of it really stuck - I just wasn't of a mindset to sit and program, and I would have been a whole lot better off if I had been. Kurt On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 5:06 PM, Michael B. Smith <mich...@smithcons.com> wrote: > I learned Forth when I was 17, in 1980. It blew my mind. Before that, I knew > WATFOR, UCSD Pascal, 6502 assembler, and 8008 assembler. > > Forth's RPN and its low-level power made me feel as if I could do > anything! :) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 7:51 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: FoxIT reader vulnerability > > On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 4:45 PM, Ben Scott <mailvor...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 6:29 PM, Matthew W. Ross >> <mr...@ephrataschools.org> wrote: >>> Doesn't Adobe (and possibly other PDF viewers) include PDF rendering >>> with javascript now? >>> >>> I just want a "dumb" .pdf reader. Is it just me? >> >> The real irony here is that Adobe originally created PDF to be a >> "safe" version of PostScript[1] -- basically disabling the >> capabilities beyond what's needed to display static content on a page. >> >> Those who don't learn from history... >> >> -- Ben >> >> [1] PostScript can do all sorts of things, including file I/O. >> Someone implemented a web server in PostScript. > > PostScript: A Forth generation language... > > Kurt > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
