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   Message 1,246 of 1,530   
   Dave Drum to Mike Powell   
   Re: Today in History - 1   
   09 Aug 23 04:56:00   
   
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   -=> Mike Powell wrote to DAVE DRUM <=-   
      
    > Fat fingered that one, didn't I? Laszlo also does Fortran. Me, I haven't   
    > done any coding since the Amiga took the gas pipe. And that was mostly   
    > basic and some (very) simple assembler.   
      
    MP> Fortran is one I never dabbled in.  In college it was "sold" as more   
    MP> for engineers.  I did dable in PASCAL a little 30+ years ago.  BASIC   
    MP> also, and equally as long ago.   
      
    MP> More recently (10 years) I took a class in Python.  It was also meant   
    MP> more for engineers, I later figured out.   
      
    MP> COBOL is more straight-forward. Define all your variables, maintain   
    MP> structure for legibility, etc.  For my brain, it made more sense.   
      
   Python is a "scripting" language which I never messed with. I did fool   
   around some with EMACS (mostly "micro-EMACS". And JAVA. On the Amiga it   
   was all aRexx - which could get as convoluted as Basic sometimes.   
      
   Haven't messed about with any of it for donkey's years.   
       
   ... Amiga made it possible. Commodore made it dead.   
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