Favourite text based word processing software

[Sean Caron]

I think that's just the engineering school experience in general. It may no
longer involve the 6800 or FORTRAN but, believe me, instructors never fail
to find a way to confound undergrads with the tools available to them, LOL.

Best,

Sean


On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 3:10 PM, Dave G4UGM <dave.g4ugm at gmail.com> wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Chuck
> > Guzis
> > Sent: 14 December 2014 20:03
> > To: General at classiccmp.org; Discussion at classiccmp.org:On-Topic and Off-
> > Topic Posts
> > Subject: Re: Favourite text based word processing software
> >
> > On 12/14/2014 09:10 AM, Peter Coghlan wrote:
> >
> > > Many years after performing this somewhat less than useful task, my
> > advice is:
> > > don't write your word processor in FORTRAN IV on an IBM S/370.
> >
>
> Having written X.25 Networking Software in Fortran-77 on an IBM 370 (among
> other systems) because my employer wanted it to be portable I think a line
> mode editor in Fortran might be fun.
>
> On the other hand I think your experience with Fortran programming at
> College is typical of that many received. I remember the classes when I was
> an under graduate at Newcastle upon Type poly. Too many students and
> inexperienced staff meant many never really learned Fortran properly.
> Fortunately I had already learnt Fortran II  at school when was 17 , and
> Fortran 77 was a simple upgrade.....
>
> Dave
>
>
> > On the other hand, WPs can be written quite successfully in BASIC running
> on
> > a 3.5MHz 8085, given the necessary "hooks" (e.g. direct video displays).
> > Pretty much full-featured too, with font changes and all of the usual
> stuff.
> >
> > --Chuck
>
>
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