| Re: Age/Experience (was Re: IDL 5.2 reviews?) [message #13357] |
Fri, 06 November 1998 00:00 |
mgs
Messages: 144
Registered: March 1995
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In article <71veja$f2t$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>, davidf7203@my-dejanews.com wrote:
> Gwyn Fireman writes:
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>> I was filling out a training registration form this morning. It asks
>> how long I've been using IDL. I started laughing when I figured it out.
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>> Fourteen ... YEARS!
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>> That may even beat you, David!
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> Indeed. But I did start in the ol' MicroVax days.
> Now *there* was a hot machine! :-)
Chuckle. I was happy when we upgraded to a MicroVAX. 14 years is my total
engineering experience, less than half of that with IDL.
>> I've been using IDL since before it had a version number! When the
>> installation came on mini 9-track tapes...before any of this
>> high-falutin' gooey stuff...why, in my day, we were lucky to have
>> linestyles in our plots! I'll tell you...
And now they're putting the plots on the same screen as the editing
terminal. What will they think of next?
...
> You did ask for a class Beau is teaching, didn't you?
> I don't need anyone with 14 years experience in MY classes. :-)
Reminds me of my days as an umpire. Nothing like being a 17 year-old and
calling a 19 year-old out on a close play. I seemed to be much more
religious in those days.
--
Mike Schienle Interactive Visuals, LLC
mgs@ivsoftware.com http://www.ivsoftware.com/
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| Re: Age/Experience (was Re: IDL 5.2 reviews?) [message #13362 is a reply to message #13357] |
Fri, 06 November 1998 00:00  |
davidf7203
Messages: 12
Registered: August 1998
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Gwyn Fireman writes:
> I was filling out a training registration form this morning. It asks
> how long I've been using IDL. I started laughing when I figured it out.
>
> Fourteen ... YEARS!
>
> That may even beat you, David!
Indeed. But I did start in the ol' MicroVax days.
Now *there* was a hot machine! :-)
> I've been using IDL since before it had a version number! When the
> installation came on mini 9-track tapes...before any of this
> high-falutin' gooey stuff...why, in my day, we were lucky to have
> linestyles in our plots! I'll tell you...
And to hell with debuggers. If you couldn't figure out
what was wrong with your program, what kind of a programmer
were you!?
> (So why do I need training? My programming experience has been highly
> discontinuous, and IDL develops features faster than I've been able to
> learn them.)
Sigh...I hear you there. :-(
You did ask for a class Beau is teaching, didn't you?
I don't need anyone with 14 years experience in MY classes. :-)
Cheers,
David
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