Subj : Re: smartphone for ui dif
To   : Dumas Walker
From : Gamgee
Date : Sun Dec 07 2025 13:01:04

-=> Dumas Walker wrote to GAMGEE <=-

 >  Ga> I sure hope you write better source code than you do English
 >  Ga> "sentences"...  To be honest it looks like pointless rambling from a 12
 >  Ga> year old.

 >  pF>  We all started somewhere in our journey through eclectic, retro
 >  pF> tech...

 > True enough; but were most (all?) of us capable of composing a
 > reasonably correct/legible sentence before doing so?

 DW> If our first language was English, probably.  Otherwise, it could prove
 DW> a little more difficult for someone.

I suppose that's a good point, but... The lack of capital letters and 
punctuation might support my point a little.

 DW> IIRC, I had at least two years of typing class, and half of a
 DW> (Commodore) BASIC programming class under my belt before accessing my
 DW> first BBS.  I don't think they offer either such things to high
 DW> schoolers these days. :D

Probably not, and that's not a good thing.  That timeslot is now given 
over to DEI-type "lessons".  :-(




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