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- From: dodd@mycenae.cchem.berkeley.edu (Lawrence R. Dodd)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran
- Subject: Re: Real Programmers
- Date: 12 Dec 92 06:28:44
- Organization: Dept of Chemical Engineering, Polytechnic Univ, NY, USA
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- In-reply-to: rolfe@dsuvax.dsu.edu's message of Sat, 12 Dec 1992 06:08:03 GMT
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- >>>>> "Tim" == Tim Rolfe <rolfe@dsuvax.dsu.edu> writes:
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- Tim> With all due respect, look at the DATE of the piece -- 1982. I'd be
- Tim> GREATLY surprised if the targetting of Galileo hadn't changed in 10
- Tim> years! I do grant, of course, that some might read the item without
- Tim> care, and it is THOSE readers that you wish to inform.
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- Tim> This item has been in the computing culture now for 10 years. It's not
- Tim> surprising that it isn't the most up-to-date treatment of issues.
- Tim> --
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- Has anyone out there thought about updating RP? I mean the term Trash80 is so
- old it brings back a flood of memories and tears to my eyes. I recall my
- first computer, a Sinclair.
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- One could put an appendix on the end with new references pointing out the
- newly discovered virtues of FORTRAN.
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