Vince: I don't know about fun... Back in the day when I took Fortran IV (1972 @ NC State) on an IBM 360 we punched cards and handed them to a student operator. Days later (I mean days - 1 on a fast return time and more likely 2 or 3 <g>) you got your printout back only to find that the operator had dropped the deck and reassembled the cards in some random order. Not Fun! I learned to number the cards and have the key punch machine make a duplicate deck so I had a *backup* as there were times that no cards were returned with the print...It was easier than going back to the coding forms and starting over. When I tell my kids these stories they interject 'that's when dinosaurs roamed the planet, blah, blah, blah'. I think I managed a good grade but I can't recall it... Regards,
Jack Skelley Vince Teachout wrote: > Ed Leafe wrote: > >>On Mar 20, 2007, at 10:21 AM, Andy Davies wrote: >> >> >>The fact that it was the first non-Assembler-level language was >>pretty significant, IMO. >> > > > And it was fun. > And I got an A+ in the course. > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ 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 ** 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.
