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Monthly Archives: February 2021

Thinking Ahead

05 Friday Feb 2021

Posted by Wyrd Smythe in CS101

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Computer Language magazine, computer programmers, computer programming

I’ve been going through my old Computer Language magazines, and man have things changed since 1984. It’s a fascinating trip through the early days of personal computing.

I was reading an article about using dates in an application and was struck by the prescience of one bit.

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