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1. about 2 years ago on Dilbert Classics

   Dilbert should look at the Internet Archive (archive.org) and search for COBOL.I had a lot of fun last month searching through their back issues of BYTE magazine.

2. about 2 years ago on Dilbert Classics

   Let us not forget PL/1, Algol, Lisp, ADA, Jovial, ….

3. about 2 years ago on Dilbert Classics

   There better ways to spend your time than program?! My cat doesn’t think so; she needs a place to sleep on my hand.

4. about 2 years ago on Dilbert Classics

   You are so right. The 60’s let us try all sorts of things in various languages, on various hardware platforms.

   FORTRAN ( no lower case in those days) was my first language, but assembly language was a lot more fun. I never coded in COBOL, but I worked on a COBOL compiler (CDC 3600).

5. about 2 years ago on Dilbert Classics

   I remember CP/M fondly. Until recently I had a Compaq lunchbox sitting in my garage.

6. about 2 years ago on Dilbert Classics

   SNOBOL; the perpretators (Ralph Griswold, et al) refused to say what it meant.

7. about 3 years ago on Win, Lose, Drew

   Let’s not forget the Giants. As a long time fan of both the Giants and Red Sox, I feared having to make a choice. Now I can back to reading.

8. about 3 years ago on Dilbert Classics

   In the good real old days I worked on the CDC 3600 COBOL compiler. The compiler took several boxes of punch cards. Nobody considered the millenium problem in the early 60’s.

9. about 4 years ago on Calvin and Hobbes

   Obviously, he will endorse himself. No one else deserves the compliment.This reminds me of another TV “personality” who failed to make good …

10. about 4 years ago on Adult Children

    Sad, but true; even sadder