[cctalk] Re: APL (Was: BASIC

On 5/7/24 10:31, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: That is, or at least wasn't uncommon at all. 50 years ago, the guy in the cube across from mine would take 3 months off to go to Vegas and play trombone. The guy immediately adjacent to my cube held a doctorate in piano from IU, but preferred to play clarinet. I have lots of anecdotes about that type of stuff. For example, an engineer chum had married a few months prior. At an informal gathering (the hostess had a stock of musical instruments and invited folks to feel free to participate), I was noodling around on the piano and the guy, who by then, was a little tipsy, sat down alongside me. He asked if he could have a turn at the ivories. Sure, I jokingly suggested that he give his rendition of the Goldberg Variations--which he promptly proceeded to do, straight through, right to the final aria--from memory. His new wife was in tears at that point. She had no inkling that he was a piano performance graduate of Juiliard who found engineering more interesting than giving piano lessons. The couple didn't even own a piano. People are strange--and interesting. --Chuck