[TriLUG] More computer trivia... ( I'm an older fogy than you).

[Wing D Lizard]

One of my first paid jobs was converting some surveying
trig algorithms from hp 25 rpn to a trs80 ( basic -- level 2!!).

b\375 ( 375 is the octal value for the squared symbol).


Mark Freeze wrote:

><snip>a simple program in watfor (aka waterloo fortran)</snip>
>
>I absolutely *loved* programming in fortran!!!  I never got to use it in a
>live environment but a friend of mine worked for a company that used it. I
>was sooo jealous. I still have my Fortran Programmer's Template from when I
>was in school!  I also liked Pascal but, like fortran, I never really worked
>anywhere it was used.  I got stuck with COBOL...
>
>Regards,
>Mark.
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