Subj : Re: RIP Niklaus Wirth
To   : Dr. What
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Tue Jan 09 2024 06:31:00

-=> Dr. What wrote to Bob Worm <=-

 DW> When I was in high school, by the time they formally taught
 DW> programming, there were a number of us who knew more than the teacher.
 DW> The teacher was smart and made friends with us and we helped things
 DW> along in the computer lab.

 My first programming class in college was in FORTRAN. The professor
 handed me and another student some complex, real-world assignments that
 we took on - one of them was a program that predicted flow of
 underwater aquifers.

 Later, I realized he had a consulting gig and was using us as junior
 talent and charging for our time. We got a A+ grades in the class.

 The class and the language are history, but the handle lives on...



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