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To: svcw

"What is an older adult?

And what are computer skills?

I know quite a few guys over 50 who can still code in C++ and assembler quite easily. There aren't that many young people who can do that any more.


16 posted on 03/17/2007 4:37:05 PM PDT by proxy_user
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To: proxy_user
I know quite a few guys over 50 who can still code in C++ and assembler quite easily. There aren't that many young people who can do that any more.

I'm one of those and I also teach college classes in those subjects plus C#, VB.NET and Java if necessary. 50s is not old, Our generation introduced the younger generation to computers, video games etc. and we still use them.

55 posted on 03/17/2007 10:59:30 PM PDT by RJS1950 (The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
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To: proxy_user
I know quite a few guys over 50 who can still code in C++ and assembler quite easily. There aren't that many young people who can do that any more.

Just give me a computer with font panel switches, and I'll program it like a real man.

56 posted on 03/17/2007 11:12:52 PM PDT by Erasmus (This tagline on sabbatical.)
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To: proxy_user
I know quite a few guys over 50 who can still code in C++ and assembler quite easily. There aren't that many young people who can do that any more.

Heck, I'm only 45, and I remember when "Green Cards" were green, instead of yellow, and what BALR does (no, in this case it's not shorthand for a Balrog!)

Mark

77 posted on 01/08/2008 10:55:40 PM PST by MarkL
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