[Info-vax] BASIC compiler in the hobbyist distribution

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2015-06-01 20:02:40 +0000, David Froble said:

> My perspective is that much of what made DECUS so helpful happened in 
> the 1975-1985 time frame.  That was a time when there were few to none 
> computers in mom's basement.  People developed software at work, and 
> were professionals, well, most of them.  They understood responsibility 
> and such.  Most would abhor any bugs in their work, and would fix such 
> when the bugs surfaced.


Professional programmers for major commercial providers can reportedly 
still encounter the occasional coding issue:
http://www.safetyresearch.net/blog/articles/toyota-unintended-acceleration-and-big-bowl-“spaghetti”-code 



-- 
Pure Personal Opinion | HoffmanLabs LLC