Re: There was I

> I started with DOS. I hated the idea of windows and
> resisted for years. I liked the black screen and being able
> to write little batch files. (I've completely forgotten how
> to do that....) I never had windows 3.1 like everybody
> else. In the end I jumped straight from DOS to W95.

Me too. I know I've said this before but I still program in
QBasic 4.5 under DOS. I've just written a program to run an
experiment for four years. Simple, fast (and I mean fast - I'm
running it on a pentium!) and reliable. I'd never be able to
duplicate the reliability and stability on an XP platform.

Johnny-legacy-programmer-(but-still-making-a-good-living!)
.

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