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Re: Mercury

From rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Newsgroups alt.unix.geeks, comp.os.linux.misc
Subject Re: Mercury
Date 2026-04-04 19:09 +0000
Message-ID <n3d604F72tpU3@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
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On Sat, 4 Apr 2026 13:30:48 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> On 04/04/2026 05:58, rbowman wrote:
>>>   I just went straight to the FORTRAN ... didn't
>>>     care what made it work  🙂
>>>
>>>     Damned punch cards !
>> In an engineering school it's assumed you want to know how things work.
> 
> Oddly, I learnt FORTRAN BEFORE university on my 'year  in industry'
> thing.
> 
> No reference to hardware was made. That I learnt at university.

I would have benefited from a year or two in industry prior to college. 
However I was 16 when I entered college. I don't remember the cutoff for 
getting 'working papers' but I'm not sure I could have gotten a job 
flipping hamburgers.

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                Re: Mandriva was Re: Mercury Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2026-04-06 14:53 -0700
                Re: Mercury The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-04-06 11:01 +0100

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