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 Message 1242 
 Mike Powell to DAVE DRUM 
 Re: Today in History - 1 
 08 Aug 23 08:15:00 
 
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> Fat fingered that one, didn't I? Laszlo also does Fortran. Me, I haven't
> done any coding since the Amiga took the gas pipe. And that was mostly
> basic and some (very) simple assembler.

Fortran is one I never dabbled in.  In college it was "sold" as more for
engineers.  I did dable in PASCAL a little 30+ years ago.  BASIC also, and
equally as long ago.

More recently (10 years) I took a class in Python.  It was also meant more
for engineers, I later figured out.

COBOL is more straight-forward. Define all your variables, maintain
structure for legibility, etc.  For my brain, it made more sense.


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