Old stuff I still knowOur Ginger Fuhrer says that he could still code up a simple game idea in Amstrad Basic, while I'm your man if you ever need to rebuild the suspension on an Austin Allegro (1750 Equipe version). This stuff doesn't leave your mind - tell us about obsolete talents you still have.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 30 Jun 2011, 17:04)
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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.
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flake has nothing against your right leg, Sun 3 Jul 2011, 3:06,
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What he saidWith 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:
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