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From: jgpo@iwu1c.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.social
Subject: Re: My first time
Message-ID: <141@iwu1c.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 29-Aug-83 12:42:42 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 29 12:42:42 1983
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The first piece of hardware I was ever exposed to was an IBM data station,
model somenumberoranother, at my high school, from which we could dial up
the Board of Education's 360/50.  My very first language (get this) was
FORTRAN IV.  Of course, this WAS back in 1971.

After becoming well-versed in FORTRAN, WAT{FOR|FIV}, PL/I, IBM assembler,
COBOL (bleah!), and C, I finally wrote my very first BASIC program about a
year ago.  Talk about doing things backwards!


	Grow old along with me; the best is yet to be,
	    John (greying but never bald) Opalko