[Tfug] Mel

[Jim Secan]

At 08:00 AM 07/23/04 -0700, you wrote:
>Agree, "Real Programmers write in Fortran." (from The story of Mel)
>[ http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/mel.html ]

Ah yes.  I learned more about how to program (in Fortran, of course) by
taking a course in machine-code programming and CPU design than I did from
any other "Computer Science" course I took.  I knew several "Mel" types in
bygone years (late '60s/early '70s on Big Iron, late '70s/early'80s on
newfangled microprocessor systems), but darned few of late.

Jim
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