Bruce Axtens

Programmed Canon Canola calculators in 1977. Assorted platforms and languages ever since. Assisting with HOPL.info. I am NOT looking for work -- I've got more than enough to do.

work

Software Engineer at Fortescue Technologies

location

Perth, WA Australia

education

A few diplomas.

joined

Feb 23, 2019

Tales from Technological Backwaters

Bruce Axtens・Sep 19

#javascript #sqlserver #sql

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re: What would the programming language sorting hat pick for you, and why? Sep 22

Hmm ... prescriptive counseling. Too easy to blame the hat ...

re: What was your win this week? Sep 21

Aside from a couple of technical wins (which I'll get to) t...

re: The best joke about recursion Sep 19

Now that is cute. Really cute. You're not a parent, are you...

re: Naming Things Sep 19

Nomenclature. A burden, lightened somewhat. Thank you.

re: Action-Oriented C# Sep 17

Y'got some typos in the code to fix. Otherwise great articl...

re: COBOL - not dead; not dying; not even idle Sep 7

Mine were 8080 assembler, MBASIC, COBOL, and dBase II. The ...

re: The Programming Language That Changed My Life! Sep 6

I have been learning programming languages my entire profes...

re: COBOL - not dead; not dying; not even idle Sep 5

Hmmm ... let's see, when was COBOL's last ISO standard rele...

Running Google Apps Script functions in the background, Part 2

Bruce Axtens・Sep 13

#javascript #googleappsscript #googlesheets

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Running Google Apps Script functions in the background, Part 1

Bruce Axtens・Sep 10

#javascript #googleappsscript #googlesheets

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Fortran is not dead either (arguably more alive than COBOL)

Bruce Axtens・Sep 5

#languages #fortran #cobol

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COBOL - not dead; not dying; not even idle

Bruce Axtens・Sep 4

#language #cobol #legacy

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