Well, MY first programming was with the Digi-Comp, a 3-bit plastic mechanical computer during the 1960s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digi-Comp_I <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digi-Comp_I> It was very strict. Peter Bogdanoff > On Aug 23, 2016, at 2:04 PM, Richmond <richmondmathew...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Well that's because my cousin, Stephen Mathewson set up the first computer > system at Imperial College in London . . . > > http://sim.sagepub.com/content/23/6/181.abstract > > Richmond. > > > On 23.08.2016 20:46, Mike Kerner wrote: >> The fact that you remember how to spell the man's name just proves the >> point. >> >> On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 1:41 PM, Richmond <richmondmathew...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> "Holereth my ass." >>> >>> Does that involve 2 spelling mistakes or only one? >>> >>> I'm trying to envisage hitting a donkey with a Hollerith card, which if >>> you think about things is not quite as bad as if there are 2 (from a >>> British perspective) spelling mistakes there. >>> >>> Especially if one understands "Hollerith" to be a verb in the imperative! >>> >>> Whichever way you cut things, that is in no way "High-Level". >>> >>> Now bragging about how old we are, or how long ago we first laid our >>> sweaty paws on an computer language is one thing, but doing things to >>> donkeys or ??? is another completely. >>> >>> Richmond. >>> >>> >>> On 23.08.2016 20:33, Mike Kerner wrote: >>> >>> OMG stop. Let's not all brag about how old we are. Holereth my ass. >>>> I have not found an assembly language that I didn't like. On some >>>> processors, it's like writing in a high-level language. >>>> >>>> On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 1:27 PM, <dunb...@aol.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> I miss eight toggle switches with eight little lamps (this was before >>>>> LED's). >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Craig >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: stephen barncard <stephenrevoluti...@barncard.com> >>>>> To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> >>>>> Sent: Tue, Aug 23, 2016 12:34 pm >>>>> Subject: Re: Strict is in; lax is out >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 8:41 AM, Richmond <richmondmathew...@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> C "is the mother of all languages": I assume you are being extremely >>>>>> coarse, >>>>>> >>>>>> because C is not the "Mummy" of all languages. >>>>>> >>>>>> the most granular of all computer languages are the hex opcodes that >>>>> drive >>>>> your favorite processor of choice... >>>>> >>>>> Assembly language programmers eat their young.... I saw that somewhere... >>>>> >>>>> Stephen Barncard - Sebastopol Ca. USA - >>>>> mixstream.org >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> use-livecode mailing list >>>>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>>>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>>>> subscription preferences: >>>>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> use-livecode mailing list >>>>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>>>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>>>> subscription preferences: >>>>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-livecode mailing list >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>> subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >>> >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
