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Re: Assembly Language (was RE: Even the CEO of Monster lies on his resume)
Subject:Re: Assembly Language (was RE: Even the CEO of Monster lies on his resume) From:Tom Murrell <trmurrell -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 20 Jan 2003 14:42:29 -0800 (PST)
Some of us can add that we were programming in several different assembler languages
before many of you were even born! I'll bet Diane has forgotten more programming
than some of the current hot shots even know!
Tom (Okay, it's time for my pills again, isn't it? I'll go quietly.)
--- Earl Cooley <shiva -at- io -dot- com> wrote:
>
> Diane Evans wrote:
> >
> > And sometimes, even legitimate degrees don't mean a lot. I have a degree in
> > Mathematics(Computer Science Emphasis). Which means that in 1986 I spent a
> > whole lot of time (12 credit hours) taking otherwise unrelated classes that
> > were only offered to non-computer-science-majors. The coursework was done
> > on VAX computers, using Assembly language, FORTRAN, Pascal, and Modula II.
>
> This still gives you the right to say "I was programming in assembly language
> while you were still in short pants, buddy!" to an uppity, wet-behind-the-ears,
> too lofty to document his own code developer prodigy some day.
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