Actions from dtgMovable Type Pro 4.382014-06-09T20:05:03Zhttps://blogs.perl.org/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=feed&_type=actions&blog_id=0&id=3456Commented on What I learned in college because I had to use mainframes in Joe McMahontag:blogs.perl.org,2014:/users/joe_mcmahon1//1362.6083#14003322014-06-09T19:05:03Zdtg
I was permanently scared by my use of the mainframe back in the early 70s. I still worry about squeezing every millisecond of performance out of my perl scripts. We had 16K of memory and 3 seconds for our programs to run. One typo on a punch card and you had to wait for 20 minutes to run your program again. God help you if you dropped your handful of cards. But it taught me patience, which was useful in other areas of life. Programmers of that era were all better-than-average parents.]]>