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Path: ...!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman <bowman@montana.com> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: RonB's schizophrenia. Date: 27 Sep 2024 17:46:17 GMT Lines: 16 Message-ID: <llo9b9F9figU1@mid.individual.net> References: <Jeff-Relf.Me@Sep.24--9.36am.Seattle.2024> <llgaovF2sq0U1@mid.individual.net> <Jeff-Relf.Me@Sep.24--11.02am.Seattle.2024> <llgugcF5rlhU1@mid.individual.net> <vd0ffg$3jsju$2@dont-email.me> <vd2fls$3lhbk$5@dont-email.me> <Jeff-Relf.Me@Sep.25--11.47pm.Seattle.2024> <llket3Fm420U1@mid.individual.net> <g8ibfj5bf9iolqb9l9o7na220jpomqbhgk@4ax.com> <llm58oFtnrfU3@mid.individual.net> <vd63jl$mm43$2@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net D/ziopsIDqRrRRcTQmRkIg6y7XpmVAD2Bu2QpLMdTjLGDjUmDJ Cancel-Lock: sha1:AwlgEqlKUSZ6nsK2rrDJXleGZ+A= sha256:xVpYtxTKCczHu6mc59Jf9m/+gjzJsp3rZP3QfXr37Ho= User-Agent: Pan/0.149 (Bellevue; 4c157ba) Bytes: 1821 On Fri, 27 Sep 2024 07:06:29 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote: > I got heavily trained in physics and hearing science... And ended up a > programmer. :-D Times change. 'Programming' as a career wasn't really on the table when I graduated and I certainly wouldn't have chosen it. FORTRAN, punch cards, and mainframes didn't fluff my fur. I worked with hardware, relay logic, fluidics, and eventually TTL. In a way it was programming; an OR gate is an OR gate whether it is physical or a virtual ||. Then came MCUs... I'm amused that PLCs (programmable logic controllers) still retain a relay based ladder logic metaphor. I thought that was a transition phase until the old school plant engineers retired.