RE: FN-FORUM: OT Earliest programming, was: Null testing problem

date posted 4th January 2006 14:57

Ah......history...

Mine was...

First home machine ZX Spectrum 16K (Dead flesh keyboard version), then a
ZX81, Oric, CPC 464, Atari 260ST (early 520ST versions) and so on through
amiga's etc. First PC style machine was an Apricot XI (I think), then a Xen
XI.

First programmed assembly languages. 8086, 6502, 6800, 6809, 68000

Then things like HiBas and into various Basics, Pascal (Turbo), some C

Darren

-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of Mike A
Sent: 04 January 2006 15:06
To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED]
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: OT Earliest programming, was: Null testing problem


Oh, groan: making me reminisce at this time of year!

With me it was first machine code on an Intel 4004 (yes, the first mpu!)
plus a bit of Cobol for somewhat larger technology, then all sorts of
cobbled together stuff on Nascom (had to write the control code if one
wanted a 5.25" floppy drive {double-groan}). Then a "quantum leap" when the
marvellous, miraculous all-singing all-dancing Pet came along. So much speed
and power it had - AND a screen!

Pretty tame from there: Pascal through to VB.NET. Absolutely hate any form
of C. Why? Only because folk fresh out of uni never having developed a
serious application came into projects drooling and mumbling over the
benefits of C, there being absolutely no alternative... those considering
one being absolute idiots. Cost a lot of time, money and hair-pulling. Only
on rare occasion met a C person who could grasp a project in terms of market
and bring it to fruit on time. Sacked the rest. So now they rarely get a
look in unless they can talk sense.

Not the time to reminisce, when I'm busy looking forward to all the
wonderful things to be done this year - with VB.NET, SQL Server 2005 and
other bits 'n' bobs... {Groans at vast time wasted over past
technologies...}

Mike A.

Dai Williams wrote:
> Andy Macnaughton-Jones wrote:
>> I learnt (as many) on a
>> Sinclair Spectrum (please feel free to start a different
>> thread !) and therefore it was just BASIC) so it's my
>> Language of Choice.
>
> Oddly my very first programming was in BASIC on an MZ-80K, and my
> first professional programming was in COBOL, but I still consider C
> as my first serious language for some reason, I think I just found it
> more logical.



--
No virus found in this outgoing message.
Checked by AVG Free Edition.
Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.12/220 - Release Date: 03/01/2006


--
Freelancers, contractors earn more with Prosperity4
Call 0870 870 4414 or visit www.prosperity4.com
and benefit from Inland Revenue approved expenses today.

To advertise here: http://www.freelancers.net/advertising.html