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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
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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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