9 Feb
2021
9 Feb
'21
4:20 a.m.
On Sat, 6 Feb 2021, John Cowan wrote:
> I'm probably a youngster in this crowd (no,
I'm not calling you old
> farts, more like people with a long history I respect and am willing
> to learn from).
In computer circles, that is what "old fart"
means.
I know that I'm gonna be outclassed here, but I taught myself BASIC,
ALGOL, and FORTRAN (ugh! well, it was WATFOR then WATFIV) from my school
days in the late 60s onwards.
COBOL tried to be drilled into me, but I firmly rejected it (but for some
odd reason I still know it, but deny all knowledge of it).
-- Dave