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Flydog57
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  • Dallas, TX, USA
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I'm a retired engineer who was in the software development business for over 40 years. I've been working with the .NET Framework since before the first beta release.

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Why did the original design of COM on Windows rely on the Registry?
May 5, 2020
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How common was programming in C targeting 8-bit processors in 1983?
Sep 23, 2021
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How did people get apps on their computer before the Internet?
Oct 5, 2022
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Why were nested functions excluded from B and C?
Dec 1, 2022
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What were the most popular text editors for MS-DOS in the 1980s?
May 1, 2023
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Did anyone ever put half a megabyte of memory in an Altair?
Nov 8, 2021
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Why not constant linear velocity floppies?
Jan 24, 2019
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Is there any text to speech program that will run on an 8- or 16-bit CPU?
Dec 29, 2020
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How much did the first hard drives for PCs cost?
Dec 29, 2020
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How is it possible that they used to type "Mb" when they meant "MB" in printed computer magazines in the 1990s?
May 8, 2020
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What can (and should) an educator do about ambiguous terms like "triangle", "square", etc?
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Why doesn’t the IRS just send me a bill for the taxes I owe based on the info they already have?
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Advantages of a law license other than the ability to practice law
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Why was Reagan sworn in twice for his second term?
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Interview by fellow PhD students, not the professor himself