On 4/5/2020 6:44 PM, Toby Thain via cctalk wrote:
Q: If Bill Gates hadn't written a BASIC interpreter, where would we be now?Sounds like you've never heard of Lisp.
All the old programmers speak with a LISP. I view computer science ... teaching is what 'trending now' since schools promote grinding out students, not teaching real world problems.As for Gates, the right place at the right time, and having access to a main frame.
