tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-889604442512373664.post3292459767039151807..comments2023-10-31T08:28:52.391-07:00Comments on Computer Programming and Magic: The Gathering: MTG Forge - The BeginningForgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15838286606081721333noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-889604442512373664.post-72522839132384513972009-10-24T18:42:23.515-07:002009-10-24T18:42:23.515-07:00VB does something like that too. While in debug mo...VB does something like that too. While in debug mode, you can hover the mouse over most variables and see what value they have.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15178010996656985441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-889604442512373664.post-25061954251862985142009-10-22T12:17:36.342-07:002009-10-22T12:17:36.342-07:00I did a report about Charles Babbage who is the in...I did a report about Charles Babbage who is the inventor of keypunch cards I think. Having a box full of cards would be a very odd experience. <br /><br />"Hi, are you a programmer?" <br /><br />"Yes, here is a box of cards that I am currently working on."<br /><br />Truthfully Cobol was very easy to debug because the programming environment let you double-click on any variable see the value that the variable was currently holding while the program was running.Forgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15838286606081721333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-889604442512373664.post-44478646243337566632009-10-22T10:27:36.513-07:002009-10-22T10:27:36.513-07:00"Ouch, yes I had a "modern" Cobol c..."Ouch, yes I had a "modern" Cobol course. Programming is hard enough with interactive, fast compilers. Writing on punchcards must have felt like tap dancing on lava."<br /><br />We had cardboard boxes to carry the cards in, to prevent the cards from getting out of order with one another.<br /><br />One student dropped his box and his cards went all over the place. :)Chris H.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-889604442512373664.post-36465211106361149182009-10-22T09:46:07.661-07:002009-10-22T09:46:07.661-07:00Ouch, yes I had a "modern" Cobol course....Ouch, yes I had a "modern" Cobol course. Programming is hard enough with interactive, fast compilers. Writing on punchcards must have felt like tap dancing on lava.Forgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15838286606081721333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-889604442512373664.post-42908797608355811502009-10-20T17:42:57.840-07:002009-10-20T17:42:57.840-07:00I can remember taking an intro COBOL class while i...I can remember taking an intro COBOL class while in college many years ago. We did not use terminals to type in the code ... it was all done on keypunch machines.<br /><br />Talk about the stone age. :)Chris H.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-889604442512373664.post-50842742151224320112009-10-20T11:44:21.087-07:002009-10-20T11:44:21.087-07:00Yeah, I almost remember her name but Wikipedia tol...Yeah, I almost remember her name but Wikipedia told me it was Grace Hopper. As I remember, and this may be fuzzy, she wanted to separate the CPU's data and instructions into two totally separate memory locations. Her idea was ignored and now the CPU's instructions and data are all intermingled.<br /><br />Cobol was easily once I understand that everything was in a "fixed format" that you saw on the screen or printed. It hurt my brain becaue first I learned C, then Java, then Cobol which felt like going back in time (to the stone age).Forgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15838286606081721333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-889604442512373664.post-2996702879832094192009-10-20T11:39:06.294-07:002009-10-20T11:39:06.294-07:00>... that I'd ever written for college was ...>... that I'd ever written for college was in Cobol<br /><br />\0/ I coded on Cobol for two years<br />do you know that this language was developed by woman?)nantuko84https://www.blogger.com/profile/15891352523600843744noreply@blogger.com