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FORTRAN
VAX Macro Assembler
C MS Quick C was great fun; Watcom C, less so
C++ : VS enters the picture
Foxpro tables become SQL
- distraction: Visual FoxPro - I felt dirty for years - "directed" to use it
C# Seems like a sawed off version of C++ (pointers? namespaces ? enumerations? - Don't worry about it)
HTML->CSS->JavaScript->php (with SQL, MySQL).
Now as for fun, aside from that foul distraction, all of it. I didn't even do this for a living until somewhere around C++ .
C had it all: high level enough for things like printing and connection; low level enough where, if I want, I could through in an asm { mov . . .} directive and do absolutely anything. ROM BIOS were great friends of mine.
Routine stuff is boring in any language. Solving puzzles - it's like an open-ended puzzle book. And sometimes I remember to be grateful that they pay me to do it.
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me too, i love C# as well.
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me too, i love C# as well.
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FORTRAN II - Fun and precise, but punching those cards took a lot of time
COBOL - the Language From Hell
RTN (Register Transfer Notation) - Wonderful fun, but tedious
Assembly - extreme fun
hpl - really fun, as you can rewrite your code while it's executing
HPBASIC - Dull, uninspiring, and easy to get in trouble
TurboPascal - the epitome of maintainable code, driven to extinction by C
Ada - OMG!
ATLAS - makes one nostalgic for Ada
C++ - Like C, but lots worse
C# - Finally, a decent, fun language again 
Will Rogers never met me.
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FORTRAN was like my first girlfriend - makes me nostalgic but I wouldn't want to go back there.
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Why did the cow return to the pot field? It was the pot calling the cattle back.
I passed my SO a Glue stick instead of chap stick...she's still not talking to me.
A guy gets pulled over for speeding and the officer said, "What's your name son?"
He replied"DD/d/d/dav/dav/david sir"
The officer looked at him suspiciously and said, "Oh, do you have a stutter?"
The guy replied, "No sir my dad has a stutter and the guy filling out the birth certificate is an a**hole.
I'm not sure how many cookies it makes to be happy, but so far it's not 27.
JaxCoder.com
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Signed up for a site that had the following password requirements:
Must be 8-16 characters
Must contain at least one number
Must contain at least one lower case letter
Must contain at least one upper case letter
Must contain one of the following special characters: @ # $ % ^ + = * _ . ?
Cannot include a ! or &
Cannot start with a ?
Cannot have same character repeated more than 2 times in a row (e.g. aaa)
Cannot be the same as your user name
Very annoying. However, they do not validate the password hint field. I put my password into the hint field and it was accepted. Both the devs and the QAs missed that one.
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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ZurdoDev wrote: Both the devs and the QAs missed that one.
How's that saying go again, if you make something foolproof enough, the universe will just come up with a better fool...?
I hope there's nothing you consider important in that system.
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dandy72 wrote: I hope there's nothing you consider important in that system.
It's actually Microsoft's Digital Store or something like that. I attended Ignite recently and got a coupon for their digital site.
They do have Windows 10 for $40. And deluxe Flight Sim for $60. Too bad I don't need either one.
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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Win10 is for masochists and flight simulators are for those who are scared of flying. Good for you when you don't need them. 
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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CodeWraith wrote: Win10 is for masochists
And those that like to earn a great living developing Microsoft software.
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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Good answer.
Software Zen: delete this;
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You can earn a great living with masochism, but please spare me the details.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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What annoys me are the sites that insist you sign up with your email address (understandable, they can send a confirmation link to it) but who validate emails to contain the special characters '.' and '@' only ...
So they don't accept my email, which has a hyphen ... 
Mailinator, how are you today? Great, got a sign up for you ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Only worried about a hyphen ???
Some of these coding genius' essentially block entire domains - I own a .info domain for well over a decade - and it's rejected (> 3 chars). There are a huge number of domains (just from ICANN). I guess that's the internet and of no concern.
Basically, it was bound to happen eventually: the script kiddies are now employed, and employed in places where one might actually run into their opus'.
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That's ok. My email sends everything to spam that doesn't end in .com, .net, .org, .mil, or .gov
It doesn't delete them, and I glance at them before deleting.
The other TLDs have never been anything other than spam, in my experience.
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I was quite annoyed when an email was required for confirmation but...
MyName@.Myaddress.net was not accepted as valid (.net is not accepted in their version of email address)
But I never wave bye bye
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OriginalGriff wrote:
Mailinator, how are you today?
I use this ALL the time. I've only found one site that didn't allow it.
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles
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Bah! It's nothing! I will bet it didn't even complained the password was already in use!  
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I personally do not mind the lengthy requirements for passwords. It beats the alternative, IMHO.
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Slacker007 wrote: It beats the alternative
Non lengthy requirements? I'm good with that.
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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There is a "time to hack" chart floating out on the internet for a few years now. I saw it about 2 years ago I think. It shows how long it takes to hack a password based on length and complexity. Trust me when I tell you that you want your passwords to be long and complex.
Now, with that said, most systems lock you out after 3 failed attempts, which negates the need for anything over a certain length and complexity, but the easy passwords are instant hacks.
My standard password follows a predefined patter that I use and is 11 characters long, has caps, lower case, numbers, and special characters, and is easily changed and remembered every 30+ days. I have been using this password pattern since 2012 and it registers as a "Strong" password.
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My employer says we're going to sixteen-character passwords next month. 
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My employer just recently implemented 2-factor authentication. It took me 18 text messages and over 3 hours to get everything working again, and I'll get to do it monthly. I'm campaigning now for a job number to charge for the time it takes to change my password. It takes 4 text messages to get back into my laptop, Skype, Teams and the corporate intranet, 2 each for the 5 servers I'm responsible for, and another 4 to get my phone authorized. And the passwords have to be 9+ characters, at least 1 number, at least one upper case letter, at least one lower case letter and at least one special character, no more than 2 of any character in a row, and can't match any of your 12 previous passwords. I guess it's just one of the hazards of working for a multinational company based in Europe; my previous employer was pretty much at the other end of the spectrum - the CEO's user id and password were both "chris".
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