ahh, colorado tax man then?
Nope - it stands for COrporationTAXMan - I'm UK-based.
i see
Oh nah I'm not really ancient. I just get fascinated by legacies, I guess. Honestly I just downloaded my copy of Windows 1.01 XD I'm %10100 years old
But I never learned BASIC or FORTRAN. My father did, though. In fact he got money writing those kinds of financial aid calculation programs for his college.
Kind of a shame but my first programming language was just the C++-engine-based, Flash ActionScript (part of an educational design job I took when I was 14). First I hated C, then I liked Java and C
but hated C++ XD.
But I never learned BASIC or FORTRAN. My father did, though. In fact he got money writing those kinds of financial aid calculation programs for his college.
Kind of a shame but my first programming language was just the C++-engine-based, Flash ActionScript (part of an educational design job I took when I was 14). First I hated C, then I liked Java and C
but hated C++ XD.
I've still got a lot of old PC's up in the loft: Apricot, BBC micro, Sinclair ZX80/81/Spectrum, Amstrad PC & portable (now that was a laugh!), early massive Toshiba laptop with the red crystal screen
etc. I've only just thrown away an IBM Quietwriter printer - a thermal impact printer and probably the best printer I've ever used for quality: there's still one in the loft with the most amazing
contraption to allow you to feed different papers and envelopes: it takes a PhD to figure out how to errect it properly.
The good thing about early programming was that memory - and computer access time - was in short supply, so you had to be economical with coding. It was amazing really what could be crammed into a
ZX81 with a 16k (yes, that right: k) RAM pack.
etc. I've only just thrown away an IBM Quietwriter printer - a thermal impact printer and probably the best printer I've ever used for quality: there's still one in the loft with the most amazing
contraption to allow you to feed different papers and envelopes: it takes a PhD to figure out how to errect it properly.
The good thing about early programming was that memory - and computer access time - was in short supply, so you had to be economical with coding. It was amazing really what could be crammed into a
ZX81 with a 16k (yes, that right: k) RAM pack.
Yeah I must say actually I'm quite fascinated with coding for efficiency as much as possible. :D I just wish I could have had access to older hardware like what you mentioned so that I could test; I
always try to think about what happens on the machine level for the indirect instructions I write.
At least that's beauty of open-source, I think. Not to show off what you did; so you can compose things artistically or efficiently in a way that other people easily understand and actually do want
to help.
always try to think about what happens on the machine level for the indirect instructions I write.
At least that's beauty of open-source, I think. Not to show off what you did; so you can compose things artistically or efficiently in a way that other people easily understand and actually do want
to help.
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