What the seven wonders of programming?
like pyramids and the Great Wall of china what do you think are the wonders of coding?
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Re:What the seven wonders of programming?
by codgercoder on Sunday April 08, 2012 @02:29PM
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Wonders of coding (not exactly the same as wonders of programming):
1) Edition 7 UNIX -- it was a wonder for what it did on such tiny-resourced machines.
2) FORTH -- great power in a small space
3) PDP-10 (DECsystem-10) TECO -- text editor in 4K words of memory.
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Re:What the seven wonders of programming?
by LarryMade on Sunday April 08, 2012 @02:38PM
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Microcode - the process of developing a specific series of transistors to become a microprocessor.. The core of the magic. Especially how one can start up a microprocessor from pushing an on switch - that's the definition of sublime to me
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Re:What the seven wonders of programming?
by LarryMade on Wednesday April 11, 2012 @12:07PM
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8-bit/Microsoft BASIC - many a programmer today can draw their roots back to BASIC. It was the languages that made significant inroads to elementary-high school programming education as well as self-taught programming education.
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Re:What the seven wonders of programming?
by vs4vijay on Sunday April 08, 2012 @12:50PM
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Python
Metasploit
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Re:What the seven wonders of programming?
by yolesaber on Sunday April 08, 2012 @01:26PM
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The Linux Kernel
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Re:What the seven wonders of programming?
by vicobt on Sunday April 08, 2012 @12:45PM
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At the lowest level programming allows us to use code to control machines mechanically thats a wonder.
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