Wow, PL-I, I'm learning about that in my language design class. While it brought a bunch of new items to the computing field, can't say I'm upset I didn't code in it :).
Sorry guys, I came into existence just about the time the internet was opened up from just NSF to commercial interest, so punch cards are a little out of my league. I must say though, this certainly beats the heck out of a history of computing languages class any day! Ellis Gerry Creager <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Didn't you have a tic-tac-toe game on punch cards written in PL-1? John Leidel wrote: > Friends don't let friends play tic-tac-toe using punchcards :-) > > On Tue, 2007-10-16 at 11:20 -0700, David Mathog wrote: >> Jim Lux wrote >> >>> and, as we all know, real developers >>> use paper: tape, tab cards, or, if they must, teletype rolls. >> You forgot paper tape. (Most people who used it probably wish they >> could forget it too!) >> >> Anyway, all of the tools you mentioned are for wimps - real >> programmers load code directly into memory using the toggle >> switches on the front of the computer. >> >> Regards, >> >> David Mathog >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Manager, Sequence Analysis Facility, Biology Division, Caltech >> _______________________________________________ >> Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org >> To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit >> http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf -- Gerry Creager -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Texas Mesonet -- AATLT, Texas A&M University Cell: 979.229.5301 Office: 979.862.3982 FAX: 979.862.3983 Office: 1700 Research Parkway Ste 160, TAMU, College Station, TX 77843 _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf --------------------------------- Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out.
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