[geeks] State of IT

Bill Bradford mrbill at mrbill.net
Tue Aug 6 00:14:14 CDT 2002


On Tue, Aug 06, 2002 at 12:10:56AM -0500, Bill Bradford wrote:
> I won a state programming competition (for any of you who have ever heard
> of FBLA; kinda like a geek/business version of 4-H) by writing a complete
> store inventory and cash register (think scanner) program.
> In GWBASIC.
> In two hours.
> Without a computer.  (e.g., hand-wrote the listing, did program logic
> flowcharts, and printer output charts)...
> Nothing but a TI calculator, stack of pencils, pile of paper, and a 
> flowchart template.
> Man, those were the days.

... and I've forgotten about 80% of what I used to know. 8-(

Bill

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bill bradford
mrbill at mrbill.net
austin, texas



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