Subj : Re: Today in History - 1
To   : Sean Dennis
From : Dave Drum
Date : Thu Aug 10 2023 05:07 am

-=> Sean Dennis wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 DD> Python is a "scripting" language which I never messed with.

 SD> Point of order: Python can also be compiled.

 DD> was all aRexx - which could get as convoluted as Basic sometimes.

 SD> I use Classic REXX (can be compiled under OS/2) and bash scripts all
 SD> the time under ArcaOS.  My BBS and Micronet couldn't function properly
 SD> without them!

 SD> I could write Pascal programs to do the work but that would add a lot
 SD> of unneeded overhead to all of those automated tasks.

 SD> I learned UCSD Pascal on a TRS-80 Model III in 1987 and still use
 SD> Pascal (Borland syntax) to this day.

 SD> I could learn to write in C--I can read C programs due to my Pascal
 SD> background--but I have found that for me other languages suit me
 SD> better.

 SD> Though I am interested in learning to compile the elist COBOL code.
 SD> I've always had an interest in COBOL but never have had time to sit
 SD> down and learn it.  That time might have finally arrived.

I suppose I could learn a programming language - but at 81 and with 
limited time left on this whirling mud ball I don't see the benefit.

I don't ever write .bat files beyond a functional equivalent that I
use in vDos to make Meal Master easier to use for me.

We had a bit of discussion on Cobol and Fortran at my computer guys
(and girls) get-together last night. The only one of us still working 
with 'puters has his current position because he can maintain the code
in a State of Illinois mainframe used to run most of his agency.  Bv)=

Me, I sell car parts at AutoZone amd cuss the kiddies at the home office 
who constantly futz with the OS (in Linux) the we use on the terminals
at the counter. I really hate it when I try to access something that
used to was easy to get to and has been buried under layers of menus
and steps. Or hidden entirely and must be accessed by opening another
program - like the catalogs for lawnmowers/garden tractors aor ATVs
and motorcycles/scooters or the Heavy Truck stuff.
.... I don't hallucinate anymore, the Thing driving the UFO cured me...
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