[HECnet] LSSM group visit today

[Dave McGuire]

On 11/16/21 1:15 PM, Keith Halewood wrote:
> Wonderful to have students like that. Many years ago, I had to help tutor disinterested engineering students through the delights of VAX Pascal.
> Some of them couldn't even grasp why they'd get the same results, errors mostly, if they missed out a step, usually the LINK stage.
> I believe most of them went on to become .NET developers :)

   Well, they have to come from somewhere, I guess.  At least as long as 
there are dumbass suits around to insist on .NET garbage.  Sounds like 
they'd be better suited to making sure our burgers are thoroughly cooked.

> And that's me reminiscing through amber-tinted spectacles, or rather, amber phosphor'd Plessey PT100 terminals.

   Ahh yes. :-)

          -Dave

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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
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