On Wednesday, January 18, 2012 11:29:47 AM Dennis J. Murray did opine:

> I really enjoy Gene's war stories!!  I, too am a (relatively) old
> codger, but still young at heart.
> 
[...]

Good story!

> IN 1964, I took my first job in computer programming and stuck to it for
> the rest of my 36 year career - and that lesson served me just as well
> there (if not more so) as it did in electronics.

Zero arguments there.  And can be a warning that when making calls into the 
OS for a function, occasionally the returned results are NOT as the OS's 
docs imply.  In several cases I have found the results were correct and 
sensible, it was the docs that were wrong.

> Keep on with the war stories, Gene - they bring back long-forgotten
> memories!!
> 
> Dennis

Thanks Dennis.  We all appreciate a good round of applause.  ;-)

Cheers, Gene
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