Oct 1, 2026, 1:31 PM@ianturton @nyrath @n1xnx @TerryHancock
Indeed!
- Oct 1, 2026, 1:31 PM
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- Oct 1, 2026, 2:54 PM
@ianturton @nyrath @n1xnx @TerryHancock
40ish years ago I was assisting one of my elders (semi famous) with his second ever C program.
I looked it over and asked him if his first language was FORTRAN, as his C had a pronounced 'accent'. (Yes)I may have avoided the brain damage oft attributed to both BASIC&FORTRAN (a) by the TA teaching flowcharts being clued on evolving Structured Programming (b) by doing both (& FOCAL) in quick succession after reading a PL/I book from remainders pile.
- Oct 1, 2026, 2:58 PM
@ianturton @nyrath @n1xnx @TerryHancock
I even had one FORTRAN ii program on the DEC EduSystem (after doing WATFOR / WATFIV dialect of Fort iv), the one with the way jump IF (no THEN, let alone ELSE). Weird!