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If you are thinking of becoming a programmer, don't! (Until you have read this)
I despair sometimes at the obstacles a young programmer now has to overcome in taking up a programming language.
It used to be so easy! Sure there is much more choice of language nowadays. But the programmer will have some preferences about the language.
Not all 'youngsters' are masochists like me, choosing to take up assembler first and then moving to 'mixed language' programming.
In this article I tried to explain my 'path' to programming satisfaction...
Programming guidance from a veteran programmer. [updated]
Lightning damage!
Friday afternoon [the 19th October 2007] the 150 metre television tower on the top of the hill was struck twice by lightning.
All network cards and switches connected to the network were destroyed.
Normal service has been resumed. But then Sunday before last, lightning got the business phone line!
Should you wish to watch the weather developing around Gauteng, take a browser tab over to the new SA Weather site;SA Weather
This has happened before.
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