While we are all reminiscing....in the Tech news.....Scott McNealy relates the obvious about who's left in the "programming ballpark".
http://news.com.com/ Click on the video titled "McNealy: CFOs are a tough sell" .....the funniest part is who is sponsoring these cnet clips this month....LOL James Mitchell Software Engineer\Struts Evangelist Struts-Atlanta, the "Open Minded Developer Network" http://www.open-tools.org/struts-atlanta > -----Original Message----- > From: Galbreath, Mark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 9:23 AM > To: Struts (E-mail) > Subject: RE: [42] Real Programmers > > > Heh-heh. I agree with you, though I started life with a Commie 64 and > learned BASIC. My next machine was a Mac 512 and learned C on it and the > college's Unix system (and I always hated HyperCard). I actually > was using > REXX on a Sequoia 6000 and JCL on an IBM 370 before I ever learned how to > program a DOS/Windows system. And though I never learned LISP, I > did dabble > in Scheme for awhile. > > I disagree with your opinion of FORTRAN users, however. The > engineers gave > the Real Programmers the algorithms, who then coded the app. > > Nevertheless, this is a topic that evokes perennial interest on > struts-users. > > > Mark > Cogito ergo spud > (I think, therefore I yam.) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian Hickey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 7:54 AM > > Mark, > > Re: Struts List et al > > Apologies for the off list contact. I read the "So you want to be a real > programmer" note and I was ROTFL! I should explain that I was writing IBM > 370/Assembler when that era happened. I did not, however opt for > a TRS 80... > a Real Programmer owned an Osborn computer (CPM was the OS). > > I don't know what age you are (none of my business) but I offer that LISP > actually pre-dates FORTRAN and that FORTRAN was for ENGINEERS not Real > Programmers. Real Programmers wrote in Assembler and LISP with the > occasional maverick (me) who wrote in Algol. > > I also can confirm that I never spoke in capitol letters... LOL! I have, > however, acquired this idiotic habit of using emoticons in emails which, I > presume, imparts some semblance of emotion to an otherwise black and white > email. Such is life. > > Adds: > Real programmers don't use Prolog > Real programmers do use SmallTalk > Real programmers don't use Macs because they could never find the > correlation between > Hypercard editors and the OS (aka - there was no DOS window). > > Have a great weekend! > > Brian Hickey > > Codito ergo sum > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
