Age test...
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And here I thought I was the oldest, being born in July 1949... My Dad was a radioman in the Navy attached to the Marines in the South Pacific. He'd go on shore with the marines and radio back to the battle ships telling them where to aim the big guns.
War is stupid and a tragic waste of lives and resources -Ed Aymami Sr. and Ed Aymami Jr. (Viet Nam).
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And here I thought I was the oldest, being born in July 1949... My Dad was a radioman in the Navy attached to the Marines in the South Pacific. He'd go on shore with the marines and radio back to the battle ships telling them where to aim the big guns.
War is stupid and a tragic waste of lives and resources -Ed Aymami Sr. and Ed Aymami Jr. (Viet Nam).
Makes me feel young - April 1952 My Dad was a maintenance officer in the Marines in the South Pacific. He'd goin when they secured the airfield and take care of the planes
Programmers are creators of universes for which they alone are the lawgivers
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After reading OG's post about ARPANET 50 years ago I started to wonder who is the oldest/youngest active member here (age not membership)?
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
So far, I appear to be the eldest, with a birth year of 1944. I'd be happy to teach any of you young'uns what I remember offhand about the early days of FORTRAN and COBOL! Of course, eventually I progressed from there to Basic, then C, C++, and finally C# with a bit of JavaScript and a few others thrown in for good measure. Please wake me in time for my nap! :zzz:
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After reading OG's post about ARPANET 50 years ago I started to wonder who is the oldest/youngest active member here (age not membership)?
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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After reading OG's post about ARPANET 50 years ago I started to wonder who is the oldest/youngest active member here (age not membership)?
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
I can't say I am the oldest, but born 11/1954 and first started programming in 1977. And still going strong with C#. .NET, Blazor, Xamarin.Forms, .NET Core, etc.
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After reading OG's post about ARPANET 50 years ago I started to wonder who is the oldest/youngest active member here (age not membership)?
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
I remember VJ day.
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Born a couple of months before VJ day. Without wishing to offend any of our eastern friends, my dad was still fighting their fathers or grandfathers when I was born.
1947 Dec 30
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After reading OG's post about ARPANET 50 years ago I started to wonder who is the oldest/youngest active member here (age not membership)?
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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Not I - I am a mere stripling from February 1959.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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LOL. I suspect my dad had one or more incidents exactly like that!
Yep.
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After reading OG's post about ARPANET 50 years ago I started to wonder who is the oldest/youngest active member here (age not membership)?
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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After reading OG's post about ARPANET 50 years ago I started to wonder who is the oldest/youngest active member here (age not membership)?
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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So far, I appear to be the eldest, with a birth year of 1944. I'd be happy to teach any of you young'uns what I remember offhand about the early days of FORTRAN and COBOL! Of course, eventually I progressed from there to Basic, then C, C++, and finally C# with a bit of JavaScript and a few others thrown in for good measure. Please wake me in time for my nap! :zzz:
We have here one 10 years before you...
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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@Dennis Dykstra: Sorry 1944 doesn't make it. How about April 1943? First program Fortran II (compiler was a deck of punch cards), Last coding Angular 7 a couple of days ago. Agree it's time for a nap!
You are even with theoldfool... Same year, same month...
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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Not I - I am a mere stripling from February 1959.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
Looking at all of the replies, I wonder what happened during May-August 1958 to cause so many February to May 1959 births of people who turned out to be programmers.... March 4 1959 here.
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After reading OG's post about ARPANET 50 years ago I started to wonder who is the oldest/youngest active member here (age not membership)?
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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After reading OG's post about ARPANET 50 years ago I started to wonder who is the oldest/youngest active member here (age not membership)?
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
July, 1940, but so far only the second oldest. I started with Fortran before it needed a number and did some coding in FAP, then coded in various assembly languages for mainframes, minis and micros. Along the way I picked up bits of COBOL, PL/I, BASIC, CBASIC, ALGOL... I am still grateful for C. For the past 15 years, I revel in Classic C++.
Joan F Silverston jsilverston@cox.net nhswinc.com
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1989 though I generally don't respond just but I do like to lurk in the shadows and read responses.
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So far, I appear to be the eldest, with a birth year of 1944. I'd be happy to teach any of you young'uns what I remember offhand about the early days of FORTRAN and COBOL! Of course, eventually I progressed from there to Basic, then C, C++, and finally C# with a bit of JavaScript and a few others thrown in for good measure. Please wake me in time for my nap! :zzz:
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Not as far as I know, but like him my family immigrated from the Netherlands. In my case, though, my grandparents immigrated in the 1880s. He came on his own as an adult after he was already well-known in computer science.
