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I edited the post to fix typo.
Done
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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look forward to your article![Rose | [Rose]](https://codeproject.freetls.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif)
diligent hands rule....
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In 1980, I was introduced to pointers (by way of Pascal). They made perfect sense to me then as they do now. 
/ravi
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I was introduced to pointers using PL/I in grad school. Very cool language. Not quite as down and dirty as C, but the compiler general kept it clean. Amazing optimizing compiler and a great language syntax. Too bad it was IBM OS system language so proprietary at the time. C slowly became the go to language at the time for me. Pascal was very nice. Clean and clear. But I went the C route.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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I remember PL/1. My graduate CS program decided to instead use Pascal, and then switched to C. We're probably of the same vintage. I completed my MS (CS) degree in 1984.
/ravi
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I completed my MS in 1978. (MSMCD) MS in Mathematics-Computer_Science-System_Design one of the first to offer a sort of triple major. The grad school was pretty young and small so they spread us around various faculty specialties to keep everyone busy. Loved it. It even included some courses in digital electronics. Did you do an wire-wrapping of circuits?
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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jmaida wrote: Did you do an wire-wrapping of circuits?
Yes, because I transferred from an MS (Physics) program, I was required to take a few undergrad courses in digital circuit design. We were given a "breadboard in a suitcase" that included a PSU, clock, input switches and output LEDs, and our assignments were implemented as wire wrapped circuits on the suitcase. I have very fond memories of those days! Some of my most fun courses were Assembly Language and Compiler Construction I and II, and my Master's theses. (I got permission to do two because I was working under two professors.)
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Yup, we had similar experiences. We used a similar breadboard in a suit case product with similar I/O stuff. Compiler design was a favorite. Still use some the techniques in code, especially parsing user inputs. Did not do much actually assembly coding, but as part of the compiler design courses, we had to create our own assembly language and a simulator written in Fortran, running on a Data General Eclipse mini-computer (not so mini by today's std) about 1 computer rack in size, to execute it. Did many an all-nighter. Went from punch cards to dumb terminals to micro-computers. I worked in the same lab after graduating so my experiences there spanned into the early 80's. Good times indeed.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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Looking forward. You have a knack at getting to the core of things. Thanx.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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Thanks, I try. It's going to take me longer than usual it seems. It's a pretty involved topic, and I have to take breaks. It's not so much that it's long, but there are a lot of angles to cover and if I don't clear my head periodically I forget to include some.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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I agree.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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If you article includes C++ smart pointers you should include guidelines such as Herb Sutter's guidelines...
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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Wordle 364 4/6
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Had to look up for this word. Not heard earlier.
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Wordle 364 5/6
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More subtractive than additive today!
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Not an easy one!
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"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Wordle 364 4/6
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Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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The thread below was auto cleansed to remove a closed spam message, and the thread attached to pkfox's.
I was not and am not accusing pkfox, it's an "oddity" of the new CP system for spam message handling: Bugs and Suggestions[^]
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Please don't post the answer on the same day.
At least rename title to Spoiler Alert.
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He's a spammer - just posting crap to get his link in.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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OriginalGriff wrote: He's a spammer
Yup has been for 15 years <snicker>, pk is so going to roast your arse if he sees this!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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This thread became a great source of bewilderment after spam posted below pk's got deleted and the replies to it look like they're talking to pk. 
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Thank **** for that - I was wondering who I was talking about!
That's not a good bug ... the new autocleanse system needs some attention ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Wordle 364 5/6
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Amarnath S wrote: Had to look up for this word. Not heard earlier.
You never had the hot beverage? 
Difficult one with so few letters.
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