Re: My First Computer (was Computing Editorial)

[Exegete <millers@noneofyourbusiness.com>]

Really wrote:
> "Exegete" <millers@noneofyourbusiness.com> wrote in message
> 3E60D1EA.2090900@noneofyourbusiness.com">news:3E60D1EA.2090900@noneofyourbusiness.com...
>
> > > I went to a programming school in the 60's and the first thing
> we
>
> > > learned after some basic theory was assembly language.  After
> that
>
> > > Cobol.  Later RPG, which I never actually used except in
> school.
>
> [Stuff deleted]
>
> > > Also, the ability to view the program in a debugger, watching
> it in
>
> > > assembly as it goes along, knowing precisely what is going on
> every
>
> > > step of the way, gives the programmer a debugging tool that can
> > > only be replaced by guesswork.
> > >
> > > Barry
> >
> > Thanks for the lesson in programming Barry
>
>
> Your welcome.  Thanks for the snide answer.
>
> Hopefully some others recognized that what I said was directed at
> programmers.
>
> Barry

Well, I wasn't being snide.
I was being sincere.
However, now you can put it where the sun doesn't shine.

Roy

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