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To: combjelly who wrote (462772)3/10/2009 8:12:40 PM
From: i-node  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1575060
 
Now see, it would have never occurred to be to use Fortran for that.

FORTRAN is good for anything.

Many years ago I wrote a VT52 terminal emulator in Z80 FORTRAN. A couple years before that, we actually did an accounts receivable system in IBM 1130 FORTRAN -- I was the only guy there who knew COBOL so we decided we'd be better off using FORTRAN. Not a great decision.



To: combjelly who wrote (462772)3/11/2009 9:58:58 AM
From: Taro  Respond to of 1575060
 
Very true. Back then skilled assembly programmers made big dough for that very reason. Had a few fellow students who dropped out because of the fast bucks to be earned right there.
Later, with now formal education and no longer in high demand, they badly regretted that.

Taro


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