Re: Microsoft Sucks!

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"Leythos" <void@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:MPG.1cfa7c3ebfdb2a3d9897d1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> In article <MPG.1cfa794ad0fb0abc9897cf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> void@xxxxxxxxxxx says...
>> In article <est3PMoXFHA.3488@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, kerry@kdbNOSPAMsys-
>> tems.c*a*m says...
>> > It was a joke PIP was the copy command in CP/M. I was wondering how
>> > many
>> > people reading this newsgroup had actually used CP/M, MS-DOS, and
>> > PC-DOS and
>> > get the reference :-)
>>
>> I did, but I wanted to stay out of your guys fun.
>
> I can remember when I got a Z80 that had 2 x 16 bit registers and was
> really excited about it making math easier. Heck, I can remember when I
> got my first assembler/linker package and I didn't have to code in Hex,
> whoo hoo!
>

I remember my first experience with a "high level" assembly language
compiler for the 6502. It was light years from coding in Hex. I wonder how
many of today's programs are influenced by the poor programming practices
caused early home pc's with BASIC as the operating system. Using Pascal on
an Apple II was the biggest revelation I ever had to do with programming.
All of a sudden the idea of structure made sense. In the context of this
thread BASIC was Microsoft's first commercial program and yes they ripped it
off from somewhere else, I believe also using stolen time on a DEC.

Kerry


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