You mean before FORTRAN 77 of course? Regards, Les H On Tue, 2008-04-01 at 23:50 -0400, mjwestkamper wrote: > Ever hear of: > a IBM 1401 > an IBM 7090 > Punch cards, > coding pad > FORTRAN > > > Richard England wrote: > > Tim wrote: > >> Tim: > >> > >>>> have the CPU op-code cheat sheet in the coat pocket... ;-) > >>>> > >> > >> Les: > >> > >>> I memorized it and threw it away. Does that mean I fail the test? > >>> > >> > >> If you code in pen and ink before even going near the computer, that > >> counts. > >> > >> Back when I were a lad, we didn't use no debugger. We'd print the code, > >> and attack the printout with pencils out to mark all the bugs and > >> corrections, then type the changes back in. > >> > >> Tim, waiting for one of the old codgers to tell us a tale of how they > >> had to make the valves and warm them up before starting... ;-) > >> > >> > > I understand they warmed them in their arm pits to save on electricity > > since it was only on for 5 hours a day.... > > > > > -- > Thunderbird > Linux 2.6.24.3-12 >
