Re: avoiding SIGSEGV

ArarghMail611NOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

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Fortran, COBOL, and Assembler all predate BASIC. And, of course, before those, there was machine language.
And before that, patch cords.
And before that, cards.

Before machine language???

I'm old enough to have used drums/cords/cards/switches, but I didn't get into computers at all until I was in my late forties, so I missed all that. I'm used to having a cassette recorder and BASIC in ROM, at least. Spoiled!

Best,
Frank
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