From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Thu, 30 Oct 2025 15:44:00 -0500, Slimes wrote:   
      
   > rbowman wrote:   
   >> On Thu, 30 Oct 2025 06:44:54 -0500, Slimes wrote:   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>>Any proper greybeards besides me here?   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> I learned FORTRAN IV in '65. Does that count?   
   >   
   > I wonder how many people know what FORTRAN means off the top of their   
   > head lol. It made me giggle. Wolfram? You got nuffin! Remember the C   
   > meme from YTMND? Lol that's not even old from my perspective. I hope we   
   > have lots of oldies on here!   
      
   Back then it made perfect sense. Dartmouth was one of the leaders but in   
   the mid-60s RPI didn't have the concept of CS yet. Learning FORTRAN was   
   seen as another tool like a K&E sliderule with the magnifying cursor for   
   increased accuracy, not a career opportunity.   
      
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