@zeynep Nice article. In 1974 working thru college, I "refactored" s/w from Univac 1106 to IBM 370 with VM. "Refactor" wasn't a word then.
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@rayharwood LOL. Working thru college, in nineties, I learned some IBM mainframes & some Philips midis. Find people near retirement for Qs.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@zeynep Sweet. In semi-retirement, learning micros/SoCs, most recently Cypress PSoC line. Different! And 3D printing: http://3D.RayHarwood.com1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@rayharwood Modern ailment is you learn to work with a set of libraries and— whoops—they're upgraded and you gotta learn quirks of new one.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@rayharwood I didn't mind learning old systems or new languages as much, but learning new set of quirks, soon to be outdated. Bleargh. :-(1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@rayharwood It is really a disappointment that programming isn't more like learning calculus, where you can build on knowledge. :-(
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