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<p>First programs were written in autocode for a computer using
valves with an average up time of two hours, then the
establishment purchased an IBM mainframe called Stretch which was
the only true scientific computer made by IBM. We could then use
Fortran. The later IBM mainframes were not really intended for
scientific use and could no be used to invert matrices foe curve
fitting because of the limited range of numerical precision.</p>
<p>I started using DEC mini computers in 1963 or 1964 and micro
computers in 1974 or 1975. I used other high level languages
like cobol and pascal, started working with relational data bases
in 1983 after I came to Australia. I retired in 2001.</p>
<p>Regards</p>
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<p>Peter Goggin<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/11/18 8:28 pm, Tony Arnold wrote:<br>
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<div>I guess you first started coding in Fortran, if it was in
1958? Or maybe something else? Just curious!</div>
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<div>Have you looked at Gramps on Linux for your Genealogy work?
I'd be interested in your views on it if you have.</div>
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<pre>Not often I bother to respond to these types of e-mail. People do not </pre>
<pre>seem to realise just how much they have and need to be grateful for. I </pre>
<pre>personally thank all the developers of the various flavor of linux. I </pre>
<pre>have been using Ubuntu for many years, and while each new version often </pre>
<pre>presents problems because of changes to the desk top the system is still </pre>
<pre>much superior to the various commercial offerings. I should perhaps </pre>
<pre>mention that I wrote my first computer program in 1958 and have used </pre>
<pre>computers continually over the last 60 years. I have worked with a range </pre>
<pre>of operating systems, but since I used the Red Hat version in the late </pre>
<pre>1980s I have move all of my computers from windows to linux and apart </pre>
<pre>from one or two programs ( in the genealogy field) I do not use </pre>
<pre>windows. I run the genealogy programs using VirtualBox and an old copy </pre>
<pre>of XP.</pre>
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<pre>Regards</pre>
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<pre>On Thursday 08 November 2018 00:17:45 MR ZenWiz wrote:</pre>
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<pre>Indeed. This is my standard response to such muppets:</pre>
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<pre>Bravo and very well said, Karl. My hat's off to you.</pre>
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<pre>+10!</pre>
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<pre>And heres another +10. Well said indeed.</pre>
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