Off topic, but interesting question

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Im curious, other than those of you who use C# or VB for work, do you guys
miss the "good 'ol days" of programming? When C was about all you had (or
maybe some primitive BASIC, or some academic language). I think MS has done
an excellent job in making my work life easier, but I still miss the days of
tinkering with assembly and ANSI text screens in C. How about Commodore 64
BASIC? Or back when a "wizard" didnt write code for you, instead was the
final enemy in the Zork-like game you were writing...

:) Ah the days....
 
No, but I also don't miss writing 20 page reports by hand, using a pen,
without spell check. The software is more complex than the pen and paper,
but if I have work to do, I'll take the keyboard and mouse any day.
 
I miss where in the world is carmen sandiego on the commodore
I don't miss logo though
sorry, I'm probably 1/2 the age of some of the ppl here =/
 
Hasani said:
I miss where in the world is carmen sandiego on the commodore
I don't miss logo though
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Heh...man, I was in like 3rd or 4th grade when I learned logo(had a twice a
month class in school)...I don't remember a damn thing about it now, but I
remember enjoying it then.
We drew snowmen in basic too, however I don't recall what type of machines
they were, it was too many years ago.
Carmen Sandiego I don't miss at all, however, I was HORRIBLE at that game.
 
I sure do, I wrote my first, last and only assembler on a
C64 - it was so cool!. Helas, those days are gone. But in
20-30 years from now, maybe the abstaction is much
higher. I do not think we will continue to program in the
way we do today - which more or less is the same as in
the C64 days in many ways. And then we will look back in
rememberance to an ancient discipline known
as 'programming computers using textbased syntax' - not
emotions, thaughts, ideas. If we are lucky it wont be in
our time.

Jesper.
 
There was also wheel of fortune and jeopardy but I'm sorry, carmen rocked
them all, where in the USA, Where in the World, Where in time....
 
We had...a game where you had to figure out who shot a grizzley bear and one
where you were a little kid who was wandering around some jungle, had to
solve puzzles with the items you picked up, eventually you got kidnapped by
poachers...but I don't remember anything more than that. Those were my
favorites at the time.
 
Anybody out there ever play "Pyramid" on the old Trash 80 (uhh, I mean
TRS-80) Color Computer? Basic and assembly where a lot of fun! I still have
the computer and get it out once every couple of years. Very nostalgic...
 
Dave Theese said:
Anybody out there ever play "Pyramid" on the old Trash 80 (uhh, I mean
TRS-80) Color Computer? Basic and assembly where a lot of fun! I still have
the computer and get it out once every couple of years. Very nostalgic...
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Defender on the microbee was an excellent game.
 
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