Subj : Re: RIP Niklaus Wirth
To   : Nightfox
From : hollowone
Date : Mon Jan 08 2024 13:23:52

 Ni> One thing that I've found odd is that in some programming forums on
 Ni> Facebook & such, there have been some students asking questions and
 Ni> saying their instructor was having them use Borland Turbo C++ for DOS -
 Ni> And this was well into the 2010s.

Maybe the course was "History of programming" :)
Or something retro. Some ghost-haunted teachers on universities in my country also introduce retro languages and tools for fun. Especially if they were demosceners in the past. I know one who runs a course how to make visual effects on Amiga this year!

Nothing practical, outside pure skill of logical thinking... but yeah.. if all that is optional, maybe somebody will find a reason :D

-h1

.... Xerox Alto was the thing. Anything after we use is just a mere copy.

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