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The Thursday 2006-11-09 at 19:03 -0800, Kai Ponte wrote:
> > > > When I code something, I do it in Pascal.
> > >
> > > I thought real programmers write code at the command line: in DOStalk,
> > > copy con filename.exe
> > >
> > > :-)
> >
> > X'-)
> >
> > It's been a long time since I heard that one.
>
> I wonder how many here even actually know what that one is anymore. :P
Not many, I guess.
But I remember buying the old pcmagazine and typing rows of hexadecimal as
"data" lines for a basic program that would then create a tiny .com
program like "ted.com". There were things like modems, I had heard, but a
transatlantic phone call to get a file was totally out of the question for
a student like me. Pretty close to "copy con..." I guess ;-)
>
> That's why I don't use Vi. Too many bad memories of edlin, followed by copy
> con.
>
> Next thing you'll be doing is telling me to cat something.
Nope! I come from Dos times, I sharpened my teeth on it, not on windows,
nor on unix. When I discovered Linux I was very happy to find the "dos"
that never were! I mean, I could do in a command line things I had been
waiting for but never came to be in Dos. I still have difficulties with
some pitholes the linux command line has for dos oldtimers.
You know, older programmers could have a joke like real programming was
done with physical switches; there were old computers you actually had to
load the initial boot program into memory, programming word by word
flipping switches. Or so I have been told. Cute :-)
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Cheers,
Carlos E. R.
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