like i mentioned.... a 1972 teletype, with paper scroll tape, hooked to the local college system, as a 11 year old.. doing basic/GOTO/Loops... my 1st programming... wrote a really basic (pun intended!!) program to play poker.. 1st started learning statistical probability, arrays, etc... youth!! -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Aldo Foot Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 9:17 AM To: Community assistance, encouragement,and advice for using Fedora. Subject: Re: Chown ??? On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 8:07 AM, James Kosin <jkosin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Tim wrote: >> On Thu, 2009-04-09 at 21:55 +0100, psmith wrote: >>> the first ever program being >>> >>> 10 print "phil is cool" >>> 20 goto 10 >>> run >> >> Blasphemer! Stone him, stone him, he used a GOTO! That word is >> forbidden and must never be uttered... ;-) >> > > Actually, GOTO was very heavily in BASIC programming language. There > was no idea of statement blocks back then. > It may be the only language at the time where it isn't considered taboo. > > James GOTO... Ahhhh.... the coolness of BASIC programming before the Modern Computer Age. I had a friend that would use GOTO every few lines just because it was fun to do. ~af ~af -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
