On Thu, 2005-08-11 at 09:32 -0600, Grant Robinson wrote: > While we are on the subject, what I really miss is punch cards. Who > was the idiot who came up with typing a program into an editor and then > compiling and running it? Sure it's fast, but what if your computer > crashes and your hard drive goes on the fritz? There goes your code. > Myself, I will trust my programs to punch cards. That way I always > have a hard copy of all my code, and it can be run anytime I want. No > more trying to remember file names or worrying about backing up data. > Just get a file cabinet. Much cheaper than another hard drive. The > only thing that will destroy my code is a spilled drink, not forces of > nature or freak accidents.
Better keep your punch cards away from your MUA 'cause the flames could spread. Java -- The new Pascal. Java 5ux0rz d00d!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -- Stuart Jansen e-mail/jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "XML is like violence: if it doesn't solve your problem, you aren't using enough of it." - Chris Maden
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