Re: Beeing a developer after 40

Started my love of programming with a course in Fortran IV in college about 1972. Borrowed my older brother’s Commadore Vic 20 and learned Basic from its documentation. Later purchased a Mac SE from my brother that came with the full version of HyperCard. Still going strong, but with LiveCode no

Re: Beeing a developer after 40

On May 15, 2016, at 17:51 , Bruce Pokras mailto:dangmac...@gmail.com>> wrote: I think I should take umbrage on the insinuation that the 60-85 "crowd" are just "slobbering old, senile whatsits" ! Whenever it is your time, then slobber (has it already begun ?)" I'm streets away -Franci

Re: Beeing a developer after 40

Started my love of programming with a course in Fortran IV in college about 1972. Borrowed my older brother’s Commadore Vic 20 and learned Basic from its documentation. Later purchased a Mac SE from my brother that came with the full version of HyperCard. Still going strong, but with LiveCode no

Re: Beeing a developer after 40

You know, I was initially gratified that so many old-timers are still not slobbering. But then I wondered, where are the 16-40 year olds? Craig -Original Message- From: Jerry Jensen To: How to use LiveCode Sent: Mon, May 2, 2016 3:24 pm Subject: Re: Beeing a developer after 40

Re: Beeing a developer after 40

No, can't match that, I'm running at only 40 years. Congratulations. Richmond. On 2.05.2016 22:22, Jerry Jensen wrote: On May 2, 2016, at 12:14 PM, Francis Nugent Dixon wrote: Hi from Beautiful Brittnay, Richard, nor to the 60-85 year old crowd (I'll become a slobbering old, senile whatsit

Re: Beeing a developer after 40

> On May 2, 2016, at 12:14 PM, Francis Nugent Dixon wrote: > > Hi from Beautiful Brittnay, > > Richard, > >> nor to the 60-85 year old crowd >> (I'll become a slobbering old, senile whatsit in >> my own good time anyway). > > > I think I should take umbrage on the insinuation that > the 60-

Re: Beeing a developer after 40

I'm not slobbering yet (well, except in anticipation at the first stable release of Livecode 8.0), nor is my father who is pushing 84, nor my mother who should be 86 this summer. However there are a fair few slobberers round the streets of Plovdiv; some of whom are younger than me. Whether t

Beeing a developer after 40

Hi from Beautiful Brittnay, Richard, > nor to the 60-85 year old crowd > (I'll become a slobbering old, senile whatsit in > my own good time anyway). I think I should take umbrage on the insinuation that the 60-85 "crowd" are just "slobbering old, senile whatsits" ! Whenever it is your time,

Re: Beeing a developer after 40

On 05/02/2016 04:11 AM, Peter TB Brett wrote: // Rust for t_item in t_lst.iter() { println!("{}", item) } Nice to see Rust showing up in the list. -- Mark Wieder ahsoftw...@gmail.com ___ use-livecode mailing list use-live

Re: Beeing a developer after 40

On 2.05.2016 13:31, Lyn Teyla wrote: Stephen Barncard wrote: obviously one hasn't been to a LC event lately. More white hair and ponytails on old folks than an AES convention. The cool geeks club. I’ve got nothing against younger or older people at all, but: Whenever I come across photos of

Re: Beeing a developer after 40

On 02/05/2016 11:31, Lyn Teyla wrote: Stephen Barncard wrote: obviously one hasn't been to a LC event lately. More white hair and ponytails on old folks than an AES convention. The cool geeks club. I’ve got nothing against younger or older people at all, but: Whenever I come across photos o

Re: Beeing a developer after 40

Stephen Barncard wrote: > obviously one hasn't been to a LC event lately. More white hair and > ponytails on old folks than an AES convention. The cool geeks club. I’ve got nothing against younger or older people at all, but: Whenever I come across photos of LiveCode events, and see white hair

Re: Beeing a developer after 40

I've got white-blond hair, a white mustache, and black eyebrows. 67yo. Can't afford to retire. Not a professional coder, but at it for over 25 years on the side. I just hope that all of us aren't over 40. Is LC going to disappear with the boomers? -- Peter Peter M. Brigham pmb...@gmail.com O

RE: Beeing a developer after 40

'Grey hair that mantle of glory, the only item of respect that does not incite envy' ...:-) > Subject: Re: Beeing a developer after 40 > To: use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > From: richmondmathew...@gmail.com > Date: Sun, 1 May 2016 20:49:38 +0300 > > I'm getting

Re: Beeing a developer after 40

I'm getting there, slowly: my beard is about 50% white now: Hey, wait, that must mean I'm 50% of a programmer! There's hope for me yet. Richmond. On 1.05.2016 20:25, stephen barncard wrote: On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 11:05 AM, wrote: I don't feel so old anymore. I thought everyone on this li

Re: Beeing a developer after 40

On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 11:05 AM, wrote: > I don't feel so old anymore. I thought everyone on this list, going back > to the HC list, was a teenager or worse. Shows what cultural influences can > do to you. > > obviously one hasn't been to a LC event lately. More white hair and ponytails on old

Re: Beeing a developer after 40

I feel refreshingly young at 54, and having done my first programming in 1975, and seen my first computer that I could actually program directly (rather than by punching holes in cards) in 1976. Good on you chaps. Richmond. On 30.04.2016 19:55, Graham Samuel wrote: Keep going Francis! You bea

Re: Beeing a developer after 40

Keep going Francis! You beat me to your first digital computer - I had to wait until 1961! Still, I more or less fulfill your points 1 to 4. I loved programming and software design, and recycled myself after retirement so as to get some of the magic back. LiveCode (and its predecessors) seemed t

Re: Beeing a developer after 40

Thank you for telling your story Francis! I can now see my tech beginnings were quite advanced - I began programming on an IBM 360 model 30. Card readers were the only inputs, 32k of memory (2 16k partitions!), a console full of flashing lights, and two external hard drives - floor units, each

Re: Beeing a developer after 40

52 pm Subject: Beeing a developer after 40 Hi from Beautiful Brittany, It all depends on what you mean by "developer" : 1 - You write apps for your own use ? 2 - You sell your apps for money, or give them away to anyone who wants them ? 3 - You spent several years with a software house

Beeing a developer after 40

Hi from Beautiful Brittany, It all depends on what you mean by "developer" : 1 - You write apps for your own use ? 2 - You sell your apps for money, or give them away to anyone who wants them ? 3 - You spent several years with a software house developing for them ? 4 - You create apps because you

Re: Beeing a developer after 40

most recent features of LC 8 should be easier to understand... hopefully. Wish me good luck! :) Al -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Beeing-a-developer-after-40-tp4703956p4703975.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at

Re: Beeing a developer after 40

Erik Beugelaar wrote: > For who it may concern... (I am 49...;-) > > Adrian Kosmaczewski destroys any concerns you may have about becoming > an older developer (19 minute read): http://bit.ly/1qWJy53 Good find, Erik. Thanks. We see a similar pattern with entrepreneurship in general. Once we l

Re: Beeing a developer after 40

54 and loving it! Richmond. On 29.04.2016 08:43, Erik Beugelaar wrote: For who it may concern... (I am 49...;-) Adrian Kosmaczewski destroys any concerns you may have about becoming an older developer (19 minute read): http://bit.ly/1qWJy53 Have a nice day! Erik ___

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Hi Erik, Thanks for sharing. You make my day... the day of an old developer :) Regards, Thierry 2016-04-29 7:43 GMT+02:00 Erik Beugelaar : > For who it may concern... (I am 49...;-) > > Adrian Kosmaczewski destroys any concerns you may have about becoming an > older developer (19 minute rea

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and what about starting your career in 1978, writing software in assembler on punch cards, for a machine with only 1 12 bits accumulator and 2 index registers ? Best > For who it may concern... (I am 49...;-) > > Adrian Kosmaczewski destroys any concerns you may have about becoming an > older dev

Beeing a developer after 40

For who it may concern... (I am 49...;-) Adrian Kosmaczewski destroys any concerns you may have about becoming an older developer (19 minute read): http://bit.ly/1qWJy53 Have a nice day! Erik -- Sent from Matwetwe