What was the "Next Big Thing" when you started programming?
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The abacus.
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digital man wrote:
The abacus.
Pah. You youngsters and your new fangled technologies.
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Inspired by this SO thread, What was "the next big thing" when you guys started programming? I remember a couple things in college: -Java was big. Write once, run anywhere...people believed it. -There was some interest in, and lots of articles about, Microsoft's new version of COM+, which they named DotNet. Oh, and some interest in the Java copycat they called C#. -I distinctly remember my college textbooks claiming "natural languages" would be the future of programming. -To prepare me for the future, my college taught us Fortran and C. The closest thing I've come to utilizing either of these is the rare piece of C++ code I have to deal with on contracting gigs.
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Inspired by this SO thread, What was "the next big thing" when you guys started programming? I remember a couple things in college: -Java was big. Write once, run anywhere...people believed it. -There was some interest in, and lots of articles about, Microsoft's new version of COM+, which they named DotNet. Oh, and some interest in the Java copycat they called C#. -I distinctly remember my college textbooks claiming "natural languages" would be the future of programming. -To prepare me for the future, my college taught us Fortran and C. The closest thing I've come to utilizing either of these is the rare piece of C++ code I have to deal with on contracting gigs.
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Judah HimangoDOS machines where starting to replace terminals. Networked WP servers so the typing pool could share work. Breaking the 64k barrier. Unix was in the class room but not reliable or safe enough for /serious/ applications. RDBMS's were beginning to replace flat DB structures. MS - still new Apple - established IBM - Market lead COBOL - serious software Intarwed - Pure S/F man! Yahoo!, Google, Facepalm, Youdweeb where all dreams yet to be had.
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CGA[^] :) Of course, I was quite young at the time, so didn't know much about the state of technology, aside from BASIC on my old Atari 800XL.
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Author of Guardians of Xen (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novel)Cool. I've never heard of CGA.
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I vaguely remember ATL workspaces in VC6. I was just starting out with programming, so maybe that biased me, but from my point of view, it looked like a tangled mess.
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When I was first trying to understand ATL/COM/IUnknown, I was very frustrated. But once I understood some core concepts and read some good books, everything became clear and obviously I loved COM. I understood ATL after I read the C++ Programming language book, and it helped me admire the powers of C++. I think that ATL is probably the most of the cleverly designed framework by Microsoft.
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upgrading from cassette tape to SSSD 51/4 floppies.
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Hahah. I never owned any 5 1/4 floppies, but I did get my hands on one recently. Funny things. I can claim to still owning the whole set of Windows 95 installation 3 1/2 floppies. Comes on 13 floppy disks, heheh.
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Judah Himango wrote:
What was "the next big thing" when you guys started programming
Getting a JOB !!
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Honestly. It's the honest ones you want to watch out for...:laugh:
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Judah Himango -
Judah Himango wrote:
lots of articles about, Microsoft's new version of COM+, which they named DotNet
I remember when it was known as NGWS. When I started programming professionally, there wasn't talk of a next big thing. I was a C developer on Unix, and there wasn't the ubiquity of PCs and PC based systems that there are now.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.
Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
I was a C developer on Unix
I went there after working on Minis [and Unix] using COBOL. Cross trained to Oracle tools, then vb3 up to vb6, and more recently c# and now java. How the heck did we manage to use so many different things? Wasn't there a thing about theory first...
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. or "Drink. Get drunk. Fall over." - P O'H
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NGWS ...I don't remember that name! Heh.
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If you downloaded the PDC version of .Net 1.0 (I guess), that is what it was called: Next generation windows services.
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Inspired by this SO thread, What was "the next big thing" when you guys started programming? I remember a couple things in college: -Java was big. Write once, run anywhere...people believed it. -There was some interest in, and lots of articles about, Microsoft's new version of COM+, which they named DotNet. Oh, and some interest in the Java copycat they called C#. -I distinctly remember my college textbooks claiming "natural languages" would be the future of programming. -To prepare me for the future, my college taught us Fortran and C. The closest thing I've come to utilizing either of these is the rare piece of C++ code I have to deal with on contracting gigs.
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Judah HimangoJava, Delphi, and COM. Hated Java, loved Delphi, and found COM a cool idea, but frustrating as hell to deal with.
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Inspired by this SO thread, What was "the next big thing" when you guys started programming? I remember a couple things in college: -Java was big. Write once, run anywhere...people believed it. -There was some interest in, and lots of articles about, Microsoft's new version of COM+, which they named DotNet. Oh, and some interest in the Java copycat they called C#. -I distinctly remember my college textbooks claiming "natural languages" would be the future of programming. -To prepare me for the future, my college taught us Fortran and C. The closest thing I've come to utilizing either of these is the rare piece of C++ code I have to deal with on contracting gigs.
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Judah HimangoThe 16Kb RAM expansion pack for the ZX81 :D
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digital man wrote:
The abacus.
Pah. You youngsters and your new fangled technologies.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.
Go on then what us was you was using - pebbles in the dirt?
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Go on then what us was you was using - pebbles in the dirt?
He had pebbles and dirt? The lucky, lucky, lucky b'stard. What i wouldn't have given to have pebbles and dirt!
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NGWS ...I don't remember that name! Heh.
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Judah Himango wrote:
NGWS
Next Generation Windows Services.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.
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He had pebbles and dirt? The lucky, lucky, lucky b'stard. What i wouldn't have given to have pebbles and dirt!
We used to look up to people who had pebbles. They were posh.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.
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Inspired by this SO thread, What was "the next big thing" when you guys started programming? I remember a couple things in college: -Java was big. Write once, run anywhere...people believed it. -There was some interest in, and lots of articles about, Microsoft's new version of COM+, which they named DotNet. Oh, and some interest in the Java copycat they called C#. -I distinctly remember my college textbooks claiming "natural languages" would be the future of programming. -To prepare me for the future, my college taught us Fortran and C. The closest thing I've come to utilizing either of these is the rare piece of C++ code I have to deal with on contracting gigs.
Religiously blogging on the intarwebs since the early 21st century: Kineti L'Tziyon
Judah HimangoGetting a RAM pack for my spectrum! Oh, and hacking free willy programs. After that I left it alone for quite a few years, came back to it in the 90s. Java was geting serious hype back then. COM was also coming on scene. And seems to be going off scene pretty quick. What an absoloute waste of time COM is.
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Inspired by this SO thread, What was "the next big thing" when you guys started programming? I remember a couple things in college: -Java was big. Write once, run anywhere...people believed it. -There was some interest in, and lots of articles about, Microsoft's new version of COM+, which they named DotNet. Oh, and some interest in the Java copycat they called C#. -I distinctly remember my college textbooks claiming "natural languages" would be the future of programming. -To prepare me for the future, my college taught us Fortran and C. The closest thing I've come to utilizing either of these is the rare piece of C++ code I have to deal with on contracting gigs.
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Judah HimangoCoding your own "Montezuma's Revenge" that was a pretty cool piece of code... My first application was made with Basic :) imagine how powerful I felt when I got to do something with Cobol (remember the turtle??)
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Cool. I've never heard of CGA.
Youngun :) There was CGA, then MCGA, EGA, VGA, SVGA... And you probably know the rest. I remember working with 16 colors, aptly numbered 0 to 15 (After that it looped through the first 16, but flashing).
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
Author of Guardians of Xen (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novel) -
Inspired by this SO thread, What was "the next big thing" when you guys started programming? I remember a couple things in college: -Java was big. Write once, run anywhere...people believed it. -There was some interest in, and lots of articles about, Microsoft's new version of COM+, which they named DotNet. Oh, and some interest in the Java copycat they called C#. -I distinctly remember my college textbooks claiming "natural languages" would be the future of programming. -To prepare me for the future, my college taught us Fortran and C. The closest thing I've come to utilizing either of these is the rare piece of C++ code I have to deal with on contracting gigs.
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Judah HimangoGreat post! I'm a mere pup in this industry, I don't think I've ever witnessed the 'Next Big Thing' so it's interesting to hear what some of the old guard come up with. If I'm honest I guess I consider C++ to be old-fashioned ;P - clearing memory up after yourself is so 'last Tuesday'.
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Inspired by this SO thread, What was "the next big thing" when you guys started programming? I remember a couple things in college: -Java was big. Write once, run anywhere...people believed it. -There was some interest in, and lots of articles about, Microsoft's new version of COM+, which they named DotNet. Oh, and some interest in the Java copycat they called C#. -I distinctly remember my college textbooks claiming "natural languages" would be the future of programming. -To prepare me for the future, my college taught us Fortran and C. The closest thing I've come to utilizing either of these is the rare piece of C++ code I have to deal with on contracting gigs.
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