On 11/1/2011 12:58 PM, Dave Crozier wrote: > It's 25 years ago last week since Turbo Pascal 3 was released. I remember > getting my copy along with Sidekick and writing code faster than I had ever > done in the past. I wrote man, many applications that lasted nearly 15 > years.... > > I remember the speed of the compiler and the fact that all the IDE sat in a > footprint of less than 40K. Geez, you get thumbnail images bigger than that > these days! > > I've still got the original disks along with a copy of Borland Eiffel that > was a free gift with TP3 along with the well thumbed manual. > > Happy Days.
I *LOVED* Turbo Pascal!! Loved writing the code. Wrote a program one time that was so huge, it wouldn't compile any more as-is. I then learned about "units" and had to refactor my code into units. That's back when Computer Science was FUN to me. Admittedly, I haven't had fun in a lot of years. I just see a lot of change for change's sake and not a really good reason for it. It's frustrating as a developer. I saw so many "trends" that were more HYPE and fads more than anything, and sure enough, the time showed that to be true. Now this will sound like a dinosaur statement, but I can say there have been many times where I said "boy, I'm glad I didn't waste time going that route." _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
