Books you will find at my local library - Part II

Posted on February 23, 2008 in Blogging, Computing, the Town and about
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Dear Lord ! Have Mercy !

Books you will find in todays local library - Part IOh I’ve got the blues …
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Lee February 24th, 2008 at 1:00 pm

There are still people out there learning COBOL??? LOL I know it’s still in use, but they should really leave that for us old-timers that need a little job security. :0)
Jaffer February 24th, 2008 at 11:25 pm

COBOL aside, the most outrageous book in that pack is the “Revolutionary QBASIC” !

The Dave Barry book is actually satire and really funny - but it too belongs in the Windows 95 world.
Faiza February 26th, 2008 at 3:01 am

Salam…
cobol,fortran and basic.. i can recollect the ‘computer’ diagram that was taught to me in school :D
Jaffer February 26th, 2008 at 4:19 pm

They still draw it Faiza, even at University level; they still do.
Blog Bloke February 27th, 2008 at 7:17 pm

Unbelievable. Talk about the digital stone age. And that’s just Dave Barry ;-)
The site is looking good Jaffer. Keep up the great work.

…BB
Libertine March 2nd, 2008 at 6:52 am

If your library insists on keeping those books, then they ought to be moved to the history section.
Faiza March 2nd, 2008 at 11:16 pm

Salam!
They still do? I’m glad I’m out of school.. :D
There was a time when I thought studying computers is a mere waste of time since the y2k thing will make computers extinct. :D Ultimately I landed up in getting the lowest marks.. :(
Curtis March 31st, 2008 at 8:26 pm

I can’t remember the last time a Qbasic book. A long time thought. Hows your upgrade of WP 2.5 going?
Jaffer April 1st, 2008 at 2:07 am

Hey Curtis, thanks for dropping by. The QBasic book is the most outrageous of the bunch !

I’m liking the new WordPress 2.5 so far but it’s only been two days !
Rahman April 6th, 2008 at 11:48 am

I know a lot of people find it funny that COBOL and Fortran even exist anymore, but I’d like to state that Fortran is probably one of the most robust and straight-forward programming languages there is. This might be a bit hard to believe but I use it everyday of my life (and my job depends on it!)

Its so incredible that something that was so “revolutionary” a few years ago is just worth a laugh these days…talk about progress!

Rahman’s last blog post..World Autism Day

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