21 Oct
1998
21 Oct
'98
8:12 a.m.
At 12:48 PM 10/21/98 -0700, Sam Ismail wrote:
I'm sure the guys who wrote Sage Professional Editor back in the late 80s
would be amazed that I still use it for all my code writing (in DOS
I'm still using Brief now and then, but it's the 1989 build.
The oldest DOS tool I found on my system today was from 1984.
So anyway, believe it. Code from the 50s and 60s still
churns away,
calculating the taxes you owe, the fines you are assessed and the bank
statements you received.
I'm still skeptical. I'd love to hear more first-hand reports of
the oldest code still running as-is. Come on, code from the 50s
that's never been replaced? Running on what? Under an emulator?
- John