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Article #623732Re: The birth of BASIC
From: Alfred Falk
Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2018 15:31
Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2018 15:31
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Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote in news:fnn0...@mid.individual.net: > On 2018-06-05, AndyW <An...@nojunqmail.com> wrote: >> On 04/06/2018 12:29, Gareth's Downstairs Computer wrote: > > [19 lines snipped] > >>> Looks like computer scientism and not real-life programming. > > [Not sure why I'm responding to a topic started by a troll] > >> Nope. Definitely real-life coding. > > Absolutely. I've worked on two database systems (MUMPS and one on Data > General whose name I cannot remember) which used tree structures. > Recursion was a standard and everyday technique for walking those > trees. INFOS? Must be forgettable, because I couldn't remember and had to poke through my archives to find that name. They had another one with lots of glossy promo material but it was uselessly slow and I can't remember its name either.
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