...L Walker wrote: On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:29:05 +0000, "Kevin G. Rhoads" <kgrho...@alum.mit.edu> wrote: probably McCracken :) Hey, don't diss McCracken!  His books were darn good in their prime. McCracken saved my backside in college.  The prof had no clue how to teach programming.  ... I'd think that better than the...

... L Walker wrote: On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:29:05 +0000, "Kevin G. Rhoads" <kgrhoads@alum.mit.edu> wrote: probably McCracken :) Hey, don't diss McCracken! His books were darn good in their prime. McCracken saved my backside in college. The prof had no clue how to teach programming. ... I'd think that better than the "don'...

On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:29:05 +0000, "Kevin G. Rhoads" <kgrhoads@alum.mit.edu> wrote: probably McCracken :) Hey, don't diss McCracken! His books were darn good in their prime. McCracken saved my backside in college. The prof had no clue how to teach programming. It was either McCracken or nothing and the author came through. I have to admit though, I never gained proficiency until I got out of college (too much; too fast).

Kevin G. Rhoads wrote: probably McCracken :) Hey, don't diss McCracken! His books were darn good in their prime. No "diss" intended... :) --

>probably McCracken :) Hey, don't diss McCracken! His books were darn good in their prime.

Gib Bogle wrote: ALevenson wrote: Thank you, Alois. It compiles and runs perfectly. :) I'll be sure to read the manual just as soon as my father finds his old book, and maybe then I won't have such simplistic questions. :-P Make sure the old book isn't for F77. You want a book that treats F90/F95. Or F66 or IV or...I think that's what I'd find in the "old book" boxes...probably McCracken :) --

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... program guides suck. (Although yes, WG does have some educational content, apart from teaching viewers that flash-animated Craig McCracken gags will never, ever, EVER come back in style.) Uh... I thought whip-crackin' McCracken-style gags pretty much WERE the style these days. I could make a case for George of the Jungle 2008 being sorta based ...

... Cyberchase is the "worst influence" on PBS animation, you obviously haven't been watching at the right times... (Although yes, WG does have some educational content, apart from teaching viewers that flash-animated Craig McCracken gags will never, ever, EVER come back in style.) *Peggy Charren - Peggy Charren spearheaded a major movement (via her She may have led it, but it was parents (primarily mothers) who pushed ...

... use the Acu-Math sliderule, it is a 10"er so the log scale (on the bottom edge) is perfect as a decimal inch ruler. The Pickett's simple log scale is not so readily accessible ... I also have my three D. D. McCracken manuals I used for self-taught programming: Fortran, COBOL and ALGOL. High school was mid to late 60's, hardware included PDP-8, CDC-6400, IBM 1620 and IBM 360/various. Then I went to MIT in 1969. I still have the ...