On Sat, 2008-02-02 at 18:12 -0800, Les wrote: > All these standards evolved almost simultaneously, but the patents and > use by the public was what is documented by PC World Magazine. I had > subscribed to Byte (when it was folded and stapled with no > advertisements), and Dr Dobbs Journal when it was still labeled Dr. > Dobbs Journal of Computer Calisthenics and Orthodontia, and watched the > evolution of many things, including C, PASCAL, ADA and other languages. > But the time line I used was from PC World. That is why I noted the > URL. Check it out. I still have a "Creative Computing" T-shirt that I can barely squeeze into. It had that "Truckin' Chuck" style geek clutching a bunch of 8" floppies with the monitors and wires all looming inward towards him. Ahhhh... those WERE the days. Priceless. :) Ric -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net <---down4now too ================================================
