It were reet grand in't owd days

[Glasgow, David]

	Ian Summerfield wrote 
	<Someone on the list implied they were teaching programming?  When I started
	out we first started learning binary before even touching a system,  then
	base 8, 16, etc.   Then we could understand how a computer stored values,
	we also understood the precision problems with representing floating point
	numbers,  this was all done before being allowed to touch a system!   Mind
	you, maybe times have changed now seeing as there's so much more to learn.
	I started learning at age 14 on a DEC PDP 10>


Apologies in advance for a frivolous post, but  this made me smile.  It reminded me that in 1972 I took a 'computer studies' exam.  I also had to calculate in different bases, but  part of the exam was of much more ephemeral value - reading a piece of paper tape.  My bit said Marilyn Monroe (or is it Munro like the hills?). 

Best wishes,

David Glasgow

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