On 12/23/2010 08:58 AM, Parshwa Murdia wrote: > On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 2:39 AM, Joe Zeff<joe@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > There's also a copy of that story at FOLDOC. The first computer I ever >> programmed was an IBM 1620, Mod 2, with 20,000 individually addressable >> BCD digits, already obsolete in the late '60s when I first encountered >> it. We started out with machine language, eventually graduating to >> Assembler and FORTRAN II. I have fond memories of using an IBM 024 and >> found the concept of "cardimages" intuitive. Now, of course, people >> find it hard to wrap their minds around the idea even after you explain >> it. BTW, both Dan and Jerry also cut their teeth on the 1620. >> > > > One thing I have seen is that everyone has at some stage of his life used or > learned Fortran in any way, that I saw for sure. I am inclined to consider this to be a matter of age/generation. Probably everybody, who was involved into programming or attended programming courses, or who studied some technical science at a university/school >20 years ago, hardly could circumvent Fortran. Ralf -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
