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Things that make you feel old

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    #61
    What happened to PL1?

    I have just spent quite a while upgrading the little business website to mySQLi, plus eliminating various other deprecated warnings. Pissed me off. Why can't I just do the damn thing in Fortran IV with lots of GOTOs? It worked fine.
    bloggoth

    If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
    John Wayne (My guru, not to be confused with my beloved prophet Jeremy Clarkson)

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      #62
      Originally posted by xoggoth View Post
      What happened to PL1?

      I have just spent quite a while upgrading the little business website to mySQLi, plus eliminating various other deprecated warnings. Pissed me off. Why can't I just do the damn thing in Fortran IV with lots of GOTOs? It worked fine.
      first language i used was ALGOL, then Fortran V then BAL

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        #63
        Originally posted by darmstadt View Post
        No more Morning Glory...
        Originally posted by MrMarkyMark View Post
        Speak for yourself
        That'll be the bladder problems, I guess. You have my sympathy.
        Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!

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          #64
          Originally posted by kevpuk View Post
          Sure-fire sign is when there are age brackets - the sense of doom when having to select the next grouped ages
          And it's worse when your group ends in 'And Above'....
          When freedom comes along, don't PISH in the water supply.....

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            #65
            Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
            That'll be the bladder problems, I guess. You have my sympathy.
            A pretty piss poor one, all be told
            The Chunt of Chunts.

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              #66
              Originally posted by BR14 View Post
              first language i used was ALGOL, then Fortran V then BAL
              first and only language for me is Pascal

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                #67
                Originally posted by BR14 View Post
                first language i used was ALGOL, then Fortran V then BAL
                I've started with BASIC. Jesus, I'm so old.

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                  #68
                  Originally posted by Bee View Post
                  I've started with BASIC. Jesus, I'm so old.
                  Cool story bro...
                  'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!

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                    #69
                    Originally posted by TestMangler View Post
                    And it's worse when your group ends in 'And Above'....
                    Many of our CUK colleagues are well used to the 'And Below' group for their mental age.

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                      #70
                      Originally posted by northernladuk View Post
                      Cool story bro...
                      Why? Do I look younger?

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