I preferred Fortran over Pascal just due to how you formatted your output

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EDGEMAN

Posted: 04/03/2026 at 07:25 AM ET

(In response to this post by WildTurkE)

Could one of you younger bucks/does please explain to a computer idiot -- ancient alien 2018 Apr 02, 2026 at 04:37 PM ET

ancient alien 2018 • 04/02/26 04:37 PM ET

Coding = writing computer programs for software -- UpperQuad Apr 02, 2026 at 04:49 PM ET

UpperQuad • 04/02/26 04:49 PM ET

Thank you sir!! I took a "computer" class at VT when one waited up all -- ancient alien 2018 Apr 02, 2026 at 06:02 PM ET

ancient alien 2018 • 04/02/26 06:02 PM ET

You really didn't know what coding meant? Seriously?** -- hokienole Apr 02, 2026 at 10:19 PM ET

hokienole • 04/02/26 10:19 PM ET

I think there is another type of coding. It happens in medical facilities -- SHPHOKIE Apr 03, 2026 at 12:11 PM ET

SHPHOKIE • 04/03/26 12:11 PM ET

And heart and breathing cease in another instance. "CODE BLUE" -- TomTurkey Apr 03, 2026 at 12:27 PM ET

TomTurkey • 04/03/26 12:27 PM ET

I wonder what he was told he was doing while he was writing code?** -- EDGEMAN Apr 03, 2026 at 10:58 AM ET

EDGEMAN • 04/03/26 10:58 AM ET

Punch cards. They told him it was boxing class.** -- HokieNL Apr 03, 2026 at 11:37 AM ET

HokieNL • 04/03/26 11:37 AM ET

Same. I learned nothing.** -- Lancelot Link Apr 02, 2026 at 06:22 PM ET

Lancelot Link • 04/02/26 06:22 PM ET

Punch cards were not fun! -- UpperQuad Apr 02, 2026 at 06:15 PM ET

UpperQuad • 04/02/26 06:15 PM ET

When the year ended my Punch cards -- 91VThokie Apr 04, 2026 at 08:39 AM ET

91VThokie • 04/04/26 08:39 AM ET

It was even more fun if you dropped your card stack...lol -- EDGEMAN Apr 02, 2026 at 07:06 PM ET

EDGEMAN • 04/02/26 07:06 PM ET

Dang you boys are old! But I did have to print out my Pascal source code -- WildTurkE Apr 03, 2026 at 06:50 AM ET

WildTurkE • 04/03/26 06:50 AM ET

I preferred Fortran over Pascal just due to how you formatted your output** ◄ -- EDGEMAN Apr 03, 2026 at 07:25 AM ET

EDGEMAN • 04/03/26 07:25 AM ET

Don't forget about us COBOL kids....** -- RRHokie90 Apr 03, 2026 at 10:19 AM ET

RRHokie90 • 04/03/26 10:19 AM ET

I took classes in a lot of different languages, but COBOL was one I missed -- EDGEMAN Apr 03, 2026 at 10:57 AM ET

EDGEMAN • 04/03/26 10:57 AM ET