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  • A AmitGajjar

    Yeh.. "oldest programmer existence on planet earth" is perfect Title for this discussion.

    Thanks -Amit Gajjar

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    devenv exe
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    my answer still stands. Its simply Bob :)

    "Coming soon"

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    • A AmitGajjar

      Who is most senior programmer here.... ? say in programming from last 30 years or more... Although i have just started my career 6 years back as professional programming. [Edit]Here no question on skills measurement.[/Edit]

      Thanks -Amit Gajjar

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      BillWoodruff
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      For many of us here the experience of temporality is a flux orbiting levity whose apogee approaches timelessness, and whose perigee is senility. Of course, this is a fiction created by the four-billion years, or so, old practical joke of so-called "evolution," which formed the sorry bags of meat-over-bones in which we hallucinate, pretending what we are conscious of is ... reality. Fortunately, we now have another eternal moment of ordinary miraculous in which to be new, forever ... :) Happy New Year !

      “I'm an artist: it's self evident that word implies looking for something all the time without ever finding it in full. It is the opposite of saying : 'I know all about it. I've already found it.' As far as I'm concerned, the word means: 'I am looking. I am hunting for it. I am deeply involved.'” Vincent Van Gogh

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      • D devenv exe

        my answer still stands. Its simply Bob :)

        "Coming soon"

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        AmitGajjar
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        :~

        Thanks -Amit Gajjar

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        • A AmitGajjar

          Who is most senior programmer here.... ? say in programming from last 30 years or more... Although i have just started my career 6 years back as professional programming. [Edit]Here no question on skills measurement.[/Edit]

          Thanks -Amit Gajjar

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          Septimus Hedgehog
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          I remember (with great fondness) those heady times in the mid-70s when you'd laboriously "type" your code on a deck of punched-cards wrapped in a piece of paper and an elastic band and put them on a counter and wait for them-thar computer operators to run them through the card reader. Sometimes, you'd try and strike a rapport with the operators in the hope your deck of cards would make it to the top of the stack. It was all so analogue then. I've been churning out shite code "professionally" since about 1978/79.

          If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.

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          • A AmitGajjar

            Who is most senior programmer here.... ? say in programming from last 30 years or more... Although i have just started my career 6 years back as professional programming. [Edit]Here no question on skills measurement.[/Edit]

            Thanks -Amit Gajjar

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            OriginalGriff
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            It's generally accepted that it's Henry Minute[^] who's coding career began with code punched into Stegosaurus fin plates, and executed using an array of uRaptor processors...

            Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers --- Serious Sam

            "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
            "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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            • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

              It's generally accepted that it's Henry Minute[^] who's coding career began with code punched into Stegosaurus fin plates, and executed using an array of uRaptor processors...

              Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers --- Serious Sam

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              Sander Rossel
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              OriginalGriff wrote:

              code punched into Stegosaurus fin plates

              Was it a bug in his software that made them go extinct? :laugh:

              It's an OO world.

              public class Sander : Lazy<Person>{
              public void DoWork(){ throw new NotImplementedException(); }
              }

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              • Sander RosselS Sander Rossel

                OriginalGriff wrote:

                code punched into Stegosaurus fin plates

                Was it a bug in his software that made them go extinct? :laugh:

                It's an OO world.

                public class Sander : Lazy<Person>{
                public void DoWork(){ throw new NotImplementedException(); }
                }

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                OriginalGriff
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                No, he doesn't write bugs. Possibly he uses so many of them they died out though... :laugh:

                Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers --- Serious Sam

                "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
                "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                • A AmitGajjar

                  Who is most senior programmer here.... ? say in programming from last 30 years or more... Although i have just started my career 6 years back as professional programming. [Edit]Here no question on skills measurement.[/Edit]

                  Thanks -Amit Gajjar

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                  Lost User
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                  See http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/Profiles.aspx[^].

                  Veni, vidi, abiit domum

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                    See http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/Profiles.aspx[^].

                    Veni, vidi, abiit domum

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                    AmitGajjar
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                    :confused:

                    Thanks -Amit Gajjar

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                    • D devenv exe

                      my answer still stands. Its simply Bob :)

                      "Coming soon"

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                      Sampath Lokuge
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                      Who is Bob ?:confused:

                      Nothing is Impossible for Willing Heart.

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                      • S Sampath Lokuge

                        Who is Bob ?:confused:

                        Nothing is Impossible for Willing Heart.

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                        :bob:

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                        Code converters | Education Needed No thanks, I am all stocked up. - Luc Pattyn When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is - Henry Minute

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                        • A AmitGajjar

                          :confused:

                          Thanks -Amit Gajjar

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                          thatraja
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                          :confused:

                          thatraja

                          Code converters | Education Needed No thanks, I am all stocked up. - Luc Pattyn When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is - Henry Minute

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                          • A AmitGajjar

                            :confused:

                            Thanks -Amit Gajjar

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                            Who is top of the list?

                            Veni, vidi, abiit domum

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                            • A AmitGajjar

                              Who is most senior programmer here.... ? say in programming from last 30 years or more... Although i have just started my career 6 years back as professional programming. [Edit]Here no question on skills measurement.[/Edit]

                              Thanks -Amit Gajjar

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                              Marc Clifton
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                              @AmitGajjar wrote:

                              say in programming from last 30 years or more...

                              I started programming in 7th grade, so that would have been when I was 12 or so. In August, that'll be 40 years. Marc

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                              • M Marc Clifton

                                @AmitGajjar wrote:

                                say in programming from last 30 years or more...

                                I started programming in 7th grade, so that would have been when I was 12 or so. In August, that'll be 40 years. Marc

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                                PIEBALDconsult
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                                Marc Clifton wrote:

                                programming in 7th grade

                                But were you employed to do so?

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                                • A AmitGajjar

                                  Who is most senior programmer here.... ? say in programming from last 30 years or more... Although i have just started my career 6 years back as professional programming. [Edit]Here no question on skills measurement.[/Edit]

                                  Thanks -Amit Gajjar

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                                  PIEBALDconsult
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                                  Not me; my first programming job began in 1989 -- VAX BASIC on a MicroVAX 3600.

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                                  • R Ron Beyer

                                    Who cares? Years of experience does not directly translate into skill...

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                                    Espen Harlinn
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                                    Ron Beyer wrote:

                                    Years of experience does not directly translate into skill

                                    True, but then real software development, like many other walks of life, requires experience - as it's the only practical way to actually acquire the skills needed by the profession. So, while it's true that you can work in this profession and not really acquire more than a basic set of development skills - you cannot acquire a larger set of technological skills without getting your feet wet. Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years[^]

                                    Espen Harlinn Principal Architect, Software - Goodtech Projects & Services AS Projects promoting programming in "natural language" are intrinsically doomed to fail. Edsger W.Dijkstra

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                                    • P PIEBALDconsult

                                      Marc Clifton wrote:

                                      programming in 7th grade

                                      But were you employed to do so?

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                                      Marc Clifton
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                                      PIEBALDconsult wrote:

                                      But were you employed to do so?

                                      Well, in 8th grade I was taught how to program in the boot code for the PDP-11, which would crash frequently when the mag drive drew too much power. So, you could say I was "employed" for a very important task. ;) Marc

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                                      • A AmitGajjar

                                        Who is most senior programmer here.... ? say in programming from last 30 years or more... Although i have just started my career 6 years back as professional programming. [Edit]Here no question on skills measurement.[/Edit]

                                        Thanks -Amit Gajjar

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                                        Member 4194593
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                                        I started in 1965, almost 50 years ago, my how time flies when you are having fun. Dave.

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                                        • M Marc Clifton

                                          PIEBALDconsult wrote:

                                          But were you employed to do so?

                                          Well, in 8th grade I was taught how to program in the boot code for the PDP-11, which would crash frequently when the mag drive drew too much power. So, you could say I was "employed" for a very important task. ;) Marc

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                                          Does this[^] bring back memories? For me, the earliest I remember was the DG Nova 3[^] - I think I started the PDP 8[^] at university quite a few times when learning it's assembler, but I've managed to forget all about that. Them was the days! When the accumulator value was permanently shown - and changing - in LEDs on the front of the box! None of this wussy "rotating circles" to show it was busy, oh, no... :laugh:

                                          Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers --- Serious Sam

                                          "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
                                          "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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