I suppose, when stuck in a loop, the PC appears to be locked up, or in a freeze.Yes, the last language I learned was Pascal. I heard about C shortly before I graduated, though my major wasn’t Comp. Sci.
Laughing at all the comments. we sure are a bunch of old farts in here!
I too fondly remember Basic. I also liked V-Basic, it allowed one to add a GUI. I hate LabView, though it pays a lot of my bills these days. I touch on the new app/web languages as little as I possibly can – leave that for the youngsters.
I learned Pascal and Fortran in college. I didn’t get to apply them so it didn’t take long to completely forget them. I remember the accounting students all had to learn Cobol and complained about it a lot. Now, decades later, I’m an accountant with nary a trace of Cobol to be found on the job.
FORTRAN was my first programing language, with a bit of WAT5 (I think that’s how it is spelled) Basic in several varieties came next.But I haven’t programed since Q Basic when my now 27 year old was a preschooler. He watched what I did and learned to program before he was in kindergarten. He’s a Code Monkey now and makes more money than his father, who is an attorney.
I loved BASIC but my hubby programed in FORTRAN until about 2 years ago when he changed jobs, now it’s just Fortran but it’s still activly in use and updated….
whims about 11 years ago
That’s Pascal… why is that language even in his head?
Corey Karvonen-Lee Premium Member about 11 years ago
Not that I recognized it, but I loved Pascal 25 years ago in university. Remember, Jason is a geek.
Destiny23 about 11 years ago
I always liked BASIC. Back then I actually understood computers! Not that I could afford one…
skeeterhawk about 11 years ago
I suppose, when stuck in a loop, the PC appears to be locked up, or in a freeze.Yes, the last language I learned was Pascal. I heard about C shortly before I graduated, though my major wasn’t Comp. Sci.
rpmurray about 11 years ago
ALGOL, Ada
Qiset about 11 years ago
Where I work we still have some legacy programs written in Pascal.
Poollady about 11 years ago
Get your own Brain Freeze.
KEA about 11 years ago
APL – my favorite since it’s the start of my name – not to mention the indecipherable symbols.
ewalnut about 11 years ago
I don’t know Pascal, but I can see that starting with the number 1 and adding 1 to it until it becomes less than one would go on forever.
MeGoNow Premium Member about 11 years ago
Not forever. It will eventually overflow and error out. Much like his intake of frozen treat.
dflak about 11 years ago
I’ve seen Jason use C before.
Let’s see, how does that go, Ada before Pascal except after C …
Stephen Gilberg about 11 years ago
Faved! I had this on hand for a computer science teacher 11 years ago.
jslabotnik about 11 years ago
if he was drinking iced coffee, would the language be Java?
Llywus about 11 years ago
Laughing at all the comments. we sure are a bunch of old farts in here!
I too fondly remember Basic. I also liked V-Basic, it allowed one to add a GUI. I hate LabView, though it pays a lot of my bills these days. I touch on the new app/web languages as little as I possibly can – leave that for the youngsters.
b.j.hammond about 11 years ago
I have written hundreds of thousands of lines of Pascal for work. Most of it pre-1995. Nothing lately, we switched to C++.
FYI: The i:=i+1; line is unnecessary, I would delete it.
sfburke about 11 years ago
How about Autocoder for the IBM 7074? That’s what I did, but then I’m older’n dirt.
BillJ-MN about 11 years ago
I learned Pascal and Fortran in college. I didn’t get to apply them so it didn’t take long to completely forget them. I remember the accounting students all had to learn Cobol and complained about it a lot. Now, decades later, I’m an accountant with nary a trace of Cobol to be found on the job.
Doctor11 about 11 years ago
And I thought regular brain freeze is bad. Ouch!
Dewsolo about 11 years ago
FORTRAN was my first programing language, with a bit of WAT5 (I think that’s how it is spelled) Basic in several varieties came next.But I haven’t programed since Q Basic when my now 27 year old was a preschooler. He watched what I did and learned to program before he was in kindergarten. He’s a Code Monkey now and makes more money than his father, who is an attorney.
kathmatyr about 11 years ago
Well, when the integer maxes out, it will become negative…
Font Lady Premium Member about 11 years ago
I didn’t get further than Basic on a Trash-80 but it snagged me a wonderful husband so I’m not complaining.
water_moon about 11 years ago
I loved BASIC but my hubby programed in FORTRAN until about 2 years ago when he changed jobs, now it’s just Fortran but it’s still activly in use and updated….
Romeo2Delta2 almost 5 years ago
Warning: infinite loop detected. Terminating simulation ‘Human_Brain’.