Hey, I don't know Visual BASIC.
And I have no intention of learning. C and C++ work for me, with a bit of inline assembly here and there, and if I'm in a hurry I'll throw together a little Perl. Guess I'm a stodgy old fart.
I did a bit with Visual BASIC once, many years ago. Decided it wasn't worth my while. Undoubtedly, I've forgotten it all by now, along with PDP-10 assembly, several foreign languages, and the smattering of Koine Greek I had in college. I know I've forgotten Spanish. Hell, I can't even do long division by hand anymore, and I used to do it in my head. Some knowledge just isn't worth retaining.
[On second thought, I think it was Classical Greek. Yes, I've definitely forgotten.]
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Truth is that which is the case. Accept no substitutes.
If competence is considered "hubris" then may I and my country always be as "arrogant" as we can possibly manage.
Edited by
marlowe
June 20, 2002, 04:59:43 PM EDT
Hey, I don't Visual BASIC.
And I have no intention of learning. C and C++ work for me, with a bit of inline assembly here and there, and if I'm in a hurry I'll throw together a little Perl. Guess I'm a stodgy old fart.
I did a bit with Visual BASIC once, many years ago. Decided it wasn't worth my while. Undoubtedly, I've forgotten it all by now, along with PDP-10 assembly, several foreign languages, and the smattering of Koine Greek I had in college. I know I've forgotten Spanish. Hell, I can't even do long division by hand anymore, and I used to do it in my head. Some knowledge just isn't worth retaining.
http://www.angelfire.com/ca3/marlowe/index.html
Truth is that which is the case. Accept no substitutes.
If competence is considered "hubris" then may I and my country always be as "arrogant" as we can possibly manage.
Edited by
marlowe
June 20, 2002, 05:05:57 PM EDT
Hey, I don't know Visual BASIC.
And I have no intention of learning. C and C++ work for me, with a bit of inline assembly here and there, and if I'm in a hurry I'll throw together a little Perl. Guess I'm a stodgy old fart.
I did a bit with Visual BASIC once, many years ago. Decided it wasn't worth my while. Undoubtedly, I've forgotten it all by now, along with PDP-10 assembly, several foreign languages, and the smattering of Koine Greek I had in college. I know I've forgotten Spanish. Hell, I can't even do long division by hand anymore, and I used to do it in my head. Some knowledge just isn't worth retaining.
http://www.angelfire.com/ca3/marlowe/index.html
Truth is that which is the case. Accept no substitutes.
If competence is considered "hubris" then may I and my country always be as "arrogant" as we can possibly manage.
