Martin Cooper wrote:
My turn to date myself, along with Frank. ;-)
No wories, we're not women :) (Oh boy, I think I see Wendy getting ready to fire off a reply - LOL!)
In my first programming job, I wrote my code on coding sheets. When I was done, those would go to a data entry group, who would type the code on to punched cards. Then the cards would go to the sysops, who would schedule the job. When the job completed, usually the next day, I would get a pile of paper back. That edit /compile cycle alone taught me to be very, very careful and deliberate when I write my code.
Ok, you beat me :) I only go back as far as a teletype connected to a VAX box... still, I did have to submit jobs for compilation and execution, but the wait time was only a few minutes, depending on the load.
It's funny... a guy that was with my company for I believe 40+ years just left, and he was always telling me the same kinds of stories... how he could tell how much the mainframe was working by putting an egg on it and seeing if it cooked, etc. On his way out the door he handed me an old tape real *with* the write-protect ring :) (I collect old computer gear, that's definitely the oldest!)
I won't say I never use a debugger, but it's been very rare, at least since I started working in Java. In my C++ days, I used to spend many hours in a debugger - often finding the hairy problems by reading through generated assembly code rather than the C++ code itself. But somehow in Java I haven't had the same need.
That's the interetsing thing... I do a lot of C coding for PocketPC, and I don't think I could live without a debugger there. Interesting.
Or maybe I'll claim that I use a UDE - CodeWright's tag line used to be "The Universal Development Environment". ;-) Like UltraEdit, it's customisable up the wazoo. Sadly, it was acquired by Borland not so long ago, so I fully expect that it will go away soon, as have all of the other independent tools I used to use that were acquired by Borland. ;-(
Really? UltraEdit was bought by Borland? Or did you mean CodeWright? Frank --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
