16 Nov
2021
16 Nov
'21
10:52 p.m.
On 11/16/21 1:15 PM, Keith Halewood wrote:
Wonderful to have students like that. Many years ago,
I had to help tutor disinterested engineering students through the delights of VAX
Pascal.
Some of them couldn't even grasp why they'd get the same results, errors mostly,
if they missed out a step, usually the LINK stage.
I believe most of them went on to become .NET developers :)
Well, they have to come from somewhere, I guess. At least as long as
there are dumbass suits around to insist on .NET garbage. Sounds like
they'd be better suited to making sure our burgers are thoroughly cooked.
And that's me reminiscing through amber-tinted
spectacles, or rather, amber phosphor'd Plessey PT100 terminals.
Ahh yes. :-)
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA