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I started programming BASIC on a VIC20, then C64, but really loved HiSoft BASIC on the Amiga. C# comes a close second 
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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I learned some hard lessons on C64 with my siblings.
Example:
Spend an hour or two typing in a game program (Castle Dungeon) from a magazine article.
Run it.
Computer locks up and you cannot even break the program.
Huh?
Power off.
Spend an hour or two typing it the second time.
Run it.
Computer locks up and you cannot even break the program.
Huh?
Power off.
Spend an hour or two typing it the third time.
SAVE THE PROGRAM FIRST
Run it.
Computer locks up and you cannot even break the program.
Aha! We were expecting that to happen.
Power off.
Load the program, start trouble shooting.
We were already pair programming back then!
My sister who was probably eight at the time was reading the text out to me because I could type faster. I was probably twelve.
For the trouble shooting, I read the magazine to her while she read the program on screen.
The magazine font was awful. It turned out to be some confusion between a number 1 and a capital I that totally cratered the BASIC interpreter on a FOR loop.
Once we fixed the issue, it turned out to be a pretty cool game. Tons better than Flappy Bird IMHO.
Lessons Learned:
Save early, save often.
Double check all manual entry.
Switch tasks to keep sharp.
Find all of the explosives before time runs out or the castle (with you inside it) is a goner. (cue the explosion sound effect)
Lions will eat you if you bump into them. (cue the roar sound effect)
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Yes, I remember those times well Definitely did teach a lot of things that have stayed with me.
I remember half the magazines code having typo's as well as being difficult to read. That was always fun too
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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I piddled around with BASIC on a CPM machine after doing 8080/Z80 assembly, which I found more challenging. But at some point I started using Mix Software's C compiler and I've used little else but C derivations since. I never liked having to reference files by a number.
I'm not a programmer but I play one at the office
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That is why they have variables!
I cannot remember the exact syntax (thank goodness)
200 LET INFILE = 1
210 OPEN xxx, INFILE, yyy
Some basic dialects I used had some sort of next number function so you could
200 LET INFILE = NextFileNum()
etc.
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I first had an interest in VB6, it wasn't a very good relationship. She was one of those types your mom tells you not to hang around with, always teaching bad things.
I graduated from VB6 onto VB.net, it was one of those short relationships. It lasted maybe a couple of weeks, until I was smitten by C#.
C#, now that was love at first sight. We met about 6 years ago I believe, and I have been head over heels in love with her ever since. Although I am pretty sure it is a one sided love. 
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My first love was also Pascal, but I haven't seen her in a long while...
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Yea, very similar for me. Was doing BASIC on a TRS-80 as a kid, moved into some Z-80 assembly, then hit Pascal when the original Mac 128k was released. Borland was good, but I really liked Turbo Pascal.
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Why get rid of something that works? I have a first-gen iPad, and I don't want a new one as the one I have works perfectly fine for what I use it for.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
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until your favorite app is upgraded and will not be backward compatible!!!
I'd rather be phishing!
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Brisingr Aerowing wrote: the one I have works perfectly fine for what I use it for.
Stopping your table from rocking?
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Brisingr Aerowing wrote: Why get rid of something that works?
Because only if they put something which does not work, they can pretend to work to convince you that something is working.
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There are times when progress is there for it's own sake (Windows 8, anyone?) and there are times when progress should be welcomed. He's still using WordStar by choice? Oh, dear - that's like using Notepad for C# rather than Visual Studio. It works...but...you miss out on a lot of useful stuff that really does make life easier.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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If you read the article it does make sense though. For a given value of sense.
He actually states that he doesn't want nor need any auto-correction or spill chicken Ann that what he rights is watt he wants.
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: He actually states that he doesn't want nor need any auto-correction or spill chicken Ann that what he rights is watt he wants.
Auto correct is not mandatory I fear he just doesn't know how or want to use the newer system for some reason.
Along with Antimatter and Dark Matter they've discovered the existence of Doesn't Matter which appears to have no effect on the universe whatsoever!
Rich Tennant 5th Wave
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bool isAuto = false;
AutoCorrect = isAuto ;
CheckSpellingAsYouType = isAuto;
CheckGrammarAsYouType = isAuto;
AutoCapital = isAuto;
AutoIndent = isAuto;
AutoSpace = isAuto;
AutoParagraph = isAuto;
AutoLineHeight = isAuto;
AutoStyle = isAuto;
Auto.....
foreach(SetupProperty sp in this.Settings)
{
if (sp.PropertyName.Contains("Auto"))
{
sp.Value = isAuto;
}
}
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Prexactly
Along with Antimatter and Dark Matter they've discovered the existence of Doesn't Matter which appears to have no effect on the universe whatsoever!
Rich Tennant 5th Wave
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Chris Quinn wrote: I used to be an avid Wordstar user, but it must be 20 years since I had to use Ctrl+A!
On the MSDOS realms, hardcore coders and crafty writers live dangerously by the ways of EDLIN [^] 
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I also used to do Edlin.
After a while we got a text editor called MultiEdit, which was so much better. One of our Unix programmers asked if there was a version of Multiedit for Unix - I said, no, but I can get you a copy of Vi for DOS!
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I'm an optoholic - my glass is always half full of vodka.
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I can remember the time when I was more into hardware than software and used to use 286 PCs for CAD and the like. Entirely DOS based. We asked for a word processor or text editor and the sysadmin asked "What do engineers need an editor for? What's wrong with Edlin?"
Needless to say when we heard that one, we went and found some piece of freeware off the front of a magazine...
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Right on dude!
Fight the power!
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On the computer that he used for browsing he probably uses AOL?
Along with Antimatter and Dark Matter they've discovered the existence of Doesn't Matter which appears to have no effect on the universe whatsoever!
Rich Tennant 5th Wave
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I know people who think they need to go through AOL to browse the internet.
It is the only interface with which they are familiar. 
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
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I'm on-line therefore I am.
JimmyRopes
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Aunty said "And he said that he hated spell-checking programmes because they were unlikely to recognise a lot of the words in a fantasy novel."
Or pick the write won...
Should that not be programs? (The former is television/radio broadcasts etc.) Reading all the usage and definitions would suggest it should be the later: http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/programme[^]
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