Useless languages and operating systems
Comal, Pascal, DCL; I can also still find my way around VAX/VMS, MPE and other dinosaurs like Pick and Prime.

As much use commercially as tits on a fish, but stuck in there like shit to a blanket. It just does not seem to go away - ever.

Can also diagnose Guru Meditation codes and colour codes from memory. Because of course the industry is crying out for mid 80's computing proficiency.
(mymilkshakebringsallthemongstotheyard poison hearts, poison minds - joining hate, Sat 2 Jul 2011, 22:43, 4 replies)

Ah
managed to forget all my COBOL skills along with the Dbase IV ones!
(bottle_cap, Sat 2 Jul 2011, 22:54, closed)

Nah, the industry's crying out for basic aptitude.
You might know some "useless" languages and operating systems, but I'd be willing to wager good money (okay, five pence) that what you really know - and understand - is the underlying concepts. You understand how something ought to work, so you can usually figure out how it does work.
( flake has nothing against your right leg, Sun 3 Jul 2011, 3:06, closed)

What he said
With a few exceptions (eg Lisp) all computer languages are the same, give or take. As someone once said, "You can write FORTRAN in any language"...

Even APL, underneath it all, isn't that different:


(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Mon 4 Jul 2011, 9:40, closed)

Ah, Pick & Prime
I reckon I could leap back in as if it were only yesterday.
( Cactus 1 doesn't care what you think on, Sun 3 Jul 2011, 23:41, closed)