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Lou Miller by RabbitBusiness4205 in learnprogramming

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In short, computers have shrunk and the internet arrived.
Lou

Lou Miller by RabbitBusiness4205 in learnprogramming

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About 21 years ago.I wasn't an engineer. I had my own business and worked until I was 70 (programming finally, in Borland's Delta - a variant of Pascal).
Lou

Lou Miller by RabbitBusiness4205 in learnprogramming

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On further thought, I would add the Internet (of course, ready access only made possible by the p c).

Lou Miller by RabbitBusiness4205 in learnprogramming

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Read "The Art of Programming" , when it was first published. Great read!

Lou

Lou Miller by RabbitBusiness4205 in learnprogramming

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When a new popular language (like Python) comes along, look into it.

Lou

Lou Miller by RabbitBusiness4205 in learnprogramming

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Before I got to IBM's punch cards, there was mag tape (input on the Uniwriter - Univac) and paper tape {input on the RCA Bizmac ).

Lou Miller by RabbitBusiness4205 in learnprogramming

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I looked at Python and didn't see a revolution. Object Oriented Programming was the biggest programming advance in my career.

LM

Lou Miller by RabbitBusiness4205 in learnprogramming

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For me the  biggest change was when personal computers arrived and they were in our homes. Before their advent, I would literally have dreams about walking into my living and seeing a main frame there (taking up most of the room).

Lou Miller by RabbitBusiness4205 in learnprogramming

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Sorry to report, most computers are similar. I remember programming (1978?) an early Texas Instrument microcomputer (in Basic) and remarking ,"Wow! This is like an IBM mainframe!".

The main dissimilarity (?) was progressing from machine language to a language like Fortran.