An Amusing Moment

I had an amusing moment today. I had to look up a command that I
have not used in quite some time. The command was STORE!

When I were a lad (dBASE II 2.02), STORE was a necessity. There
was no assignment statement besides STORE. Mind you, that was nearly
a quarter century ago.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

Computerese Irregular Verb Conjugation:
I have preferences.
You have biases.
He/She has prejudices.

Stephen
Wed Jan 17 03:57:03 CST 2007

I hold my hand up to say that I use this command frequently, particularly
when initialising a number of variables to the same value, normally zero.
There again I was not a lad but an adult when dBase II came out so once the
knowledge went into the brain cells RLOCK() occurred, it became read-only
and refused to be updated.

Stephen

"Gene Wirchenko" <genew@ocis.net> wrote in message
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> I had an amusing moment today. I had to look up a command that I
> have not used in quite some time. The command was STORE!
>
> When I were a lad (dBASE II 2.02), STORE was a necessity. There
> was no assignment statement besides STORE. Mind you, that was nearly
> a quarter century ago.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Gene Wirchenko
>
> Computerese Irregular Verb Conjugation:
> I have preferences.
> You have biases.
> He/She has prejudices.

Man-wai
Wed Jan 17 04:29:05 CST 2007

> There again I was not a lad but an adult when dBase II came out so once the
> knowledge went into the brain cells RLOCK() occurred, it became read-only
> and refused to be updated.

It's called long-term memory. That also made it difficult to forget old
stuffs to make room in your brain for new stuffs. :)

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Man-wai
Wed Jan 17 04:29:45 CST 2007

> When I were a lad (dBASE II 2.02), STORE was a necessity. There
> was no assignment statement besides STORE. Mind you, that was nearly
> a quarter century ago.

My oldest xBase experience is dBase III+.

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Jan
Wed Jan 17 04:54:01 CST 2007

dBase II on CP/M (8 bit OS) on "computer" with two 8-inch floppy disks=20
128 kB each. And it was a miracle for us! Later FoxBase on XT/AT - cca=20
10x quicker than dBase II, Clipper with classes, FoxPro 1.02/DOS with=20
windows ...
Those were the days, my friend ...

Gene Wirchenko napsal(a):
> I had an amusing moment today. I had to look up a command that I
> have not used in quite some time. The command was STORE!
>=20
> When I were a lad (dBASE II 2.02), STORE was a necessity. There
> was no assignment statement besides STORE. Mind you, that was nearly
> a quarter century ago.
>=20
> Sincerely,
>=20
> Gene Wirchenko
>=20
> Computerese Irregular Verb Conjugation:
> I have preferences.
> You have biases.
> He/She has prejudices.

--=20
Jan Bucek
17. listopadu 2657
544 01 Dvu*r Kr=E1lov=E9 n. L.
www.bucek.info

Al
Wed Jan 17 08:12:53 CST 2007

I remember as well
I was living in Chatsworth, CA at the time and I dropped down to Culver City
(?) to pick up my copy of dBase II (around number 50 if I recall correctly).
The "office" was a desk in part of a warehouse with one part time lady.
Wayne still had his full time job at ?? (can't seem to remember, some
aerospace firm ?)
Prior to this "revolution", we did everything in Assembly and "TDL Basic"
(since it could call machine language routines)
I remember setting up a Pool Room on a TRS 80 (the little one) and it even
turned the lights on the tables on and off.!

al


"Jan Bucek" <bucek.jan@post.cz> wrote in message
news:uXv67WiOHHA.1872@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
dBase II on CP/M (8 bit OS) on "computer" with two 8-inch floppy disks
128 kB each. And it was a miracle for us! Later FoxBase on XT/AT - cca
10x quicker than dBase II, Clipper with classes, FoxPro 1.02/DOS with
windows ...
Those were the days, my friend ...

Gene Wirchenko napsal(a):
> I had an amusing moment today. I had to look up a command that I
> have not used in quite some time. The command was STORE!
>
> When I were a lad (dBASE II 2.02), STORE was a necessity. There
> was no assignment statement besides STORE. Mind you, that was nearly
> a quarter century ago.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Gene Wirchenko
>
> Computerese Irregular Verb Conjugation:
> I have preferences.
> You have biases.
> He/She has prejudices.

--
Jan Bucek
17. listopadu 2657
544 01 Dvu*r Králové n. L.
www.bucek.info

TonySper
Wed Jan 17 10:59:51 CST 2007

You all are showing your age. I deny any knowledge of CPM, TDL Basic,
IBM Punch Cards, Hexadecimal Code, Machine Language, Code entry with
switches, and assembly language. Can't remember the rest.
TonySper

"Al Marino" <almarino_AT_intelliform.net> wrote in message
news:eRl86GkOHHA.1252@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
I remember as well
I was living in Chatsworth, CA at the time and I dropped down to
Culver City
(?) to pick up my copy of dBase II (around number 50 if I recall
correctly).
The "office" was a desk in part of a warehouse with one part time
lady.
Wayne still had his full time job at ?? (can't seem to remember, some
aerospace firm ?)
Prior to this "revolution", we did everything in Assembly and "TDL
Basic"
(since it could call machine language routines)
I remember setting up a Pool Room on a TRS 80 (the little one) and it
even
turned the lights on the tables on and off.!

al


"Jan Bucek" <bucek.jan@post.cz> wrote in message
news:uXv67WiOHHA.1872@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
dBase II on CP/M (8 bit OS) on "computer" with two 8-inch floppy disks
128 kB each. And it was a miracle for us! Later FoxBase on XT/AT - cca
10x quicker than dBase II, Clipper with classes, FoxPro 1.02/DOS with
windows ...
Those were the days, my friend ...

Gene Wirchenko napsal(a):
> I had an amusing moment today. I had to look up a command that
> I
> have not used in quite some time. The command was STORE!
>
> When I were a lad (dBASE II 2.02), STORE was a necessity.
> There
> was no assignment statement besides STORE. Mind you, that was
> nearly
> a quarter century ago.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Gene Wirchenko
>
> Computerese Irregular Verb Conjugation:
> I have preferences.
> You have biases.
> He/She has prejudices.

--
Jan Bucek
17. listopadu 2657
544 01 Dvu*r Králové n. L.
www.bucek.info

Dan
Wed Jan 17 11:08:44 CST 2007

STORE is actually one of darned few commands that hasn't changed in all
these years. I remember being shellshocked in FPD 2.0 at how many commands
had new optional clauses, etc., and that continues to this day. <g>

Dan

"Gene Wirchenko" <genew@ocis.net> wrote in message
news:ok9rq29d7lfq1rfs9pdets5ebag66tfl3s@4ax.com...
> I had an amusing moment today. I had to look up a command that I
> have not used in quite some time. The command was STORE!
>
> When I were a lad (dBASE II 2.02), STORE was a necessity. There
> was no assignment statement besides STORE. Mind you, that was nearly
> a quarter century ago.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Gene Wirchenko
>
> Computerese Irregular Verb Conjugation:
> I have preferences.
> You have biases.
> He/She has prejudices.

Lew
Wed Jan 17 11:15:00 CST 2007

I *think* store does expression evaluation so it's very useful.
cVarName = "addr"
store "" to (cVarName + "ess")
? address
...should work

-Lew
"Gene Wirchenko" <genew@ocis.net> wrote in message
news:ok9rq29d7lfq1rfs9pdets5ebag66tfl3s@4ax.com...
> I had an amusing moment today. I had to look up a command that I
> have not used in quite some time. The command was STORE!
>
> When I were a lad (dBASE II 2.02), STORE was a necessity. There
> was no assignment statement besides STORE. Mind you, that was nearly
> a quarter century ago.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Gene Wirchenko
>
> Computerese Irregular Verb Conjugation:
> I have preferences.
> You have biases.
> He/She has prejudices.

Gene
Wed Jan 17 11:41:20 CST 2007

"Dan Freeman" <spam@microsoft.com> wrote:

>STORE is actually one of darned few commands that hasn't changed in all
>these years. I remember being shellshocked in FPD 2.0 at how many commands
>had new optional clauses, etc., and that continues to this day. <g>

Not quite. I think that there used to be a special form for
setting the date.

Truly unchanged? EJECT. I can not come up with any others, but
there might be a few.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

Computerese Irregular Verb Conjugation:
I have preferences.
You have biases.
He/She has prejudices.

Gene
Wed Jan 17 11:45:29 CST 2007

"TonySper" <tsperduti@nospambellsouth.net> wrote:

>You all are showing your age. I deny any knowledge of CPM, TDL Basic,
>IBM Punch Cards, Hexadecimal Code, Machine Language, Code entry with
>switches, and assembly language. Can't remember the rest.

You are doing fine. (You misspelled (mostly miscapitalising)
most of them.)

[snip]

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

Computerese Irregular Verb Conjugation:
I have preferences.
You have biases.
He/She has prejudices.

Bernhard
Wed Jan 17 11:49:10 CST 2007

Hi Lew,

> I *think* store does expression evaluation so it's very useful.
> cVarName = "addr"
> store "" to (cVarName + "ess")
> ? address
> ...should work
It's not only a thougt. It simply works. And it is not a new feature!
I use it quite frequently.

Regards
Bernhard Sander

Dan
Wed Jan 17 13:44:55 CST 2007

ACCEPT would be in that same category, too.

Dan

"Gene Wirchenko" <genew@ocis.net> wrote in message
news:uonsq2t9r2nn95i2j0mm9jv0b2sqn21ofj@4ax.com...
> "Dan Freeman" <spam@microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>>STORE is actually one of darned few commands that hasn't changed in all
>>these years. I remember being shellshocked in FPD 2.0 at how many commands
>>had new optional clauses, etc., and that continues to this day. <g>
>
> Not quite. I think that there used to be a special form for
> setting the date.
>
> Truly unchanged? EJECT. I can not come up with any others, but
> there might be a few.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Gene Wirchenko
>
> Computerese Irregular Verb Conjugation:
> I have preferences.
> You have biases.
> He/She has prejudices.

Paul
Wed Jan 17 14:18:26 CST 2007

From Dilbert:

Guy #1: 'When I started programming, we didn't have any of these sissy
'icons' and 'Windows.' All we had were zeros and ones - and sometimes we
didn't even have ones."

Guy #2: "I wrote an entire database program using only zeros."

Guy #3: "You had zeros? We had to use the letter `O'."





"Jan Bucek" <bucek.jan@post.cz> wrote in message
news:uXv67WiOHHA.1872@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
dBase II on CP/M (8 bit OS) on "computer" with two 8-inch floppy disks
128 kB each. And it was a miracle for us! Later FoxBase on XT/AT - cca
10x quicker than dBase II, Clipper with classes, FoxPro 1.02/DOS with
windows ...
Those were the days, my friend ...

Gene Wirchenko napsal(a):
> I had an amusing moment today. I had to look up a command that I
> have not used in quite some time. The command was STORE!
>
> When I were a lad (dBASE II 2.02), STORE was a necessity. There
> was no assignment statement besides STORE. Mind you, that was nearly
> a quarter century ago.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Gene Wirchenko
>
> Computerese Irregular Verb Conjugation:
> I have preferences.
> You have biases.
> He/She has prejudices.

--
Jan Bucek
17. listopadu 2657
544 01 Dvu*r Králové n. L.
www.bucek.info

nw9952
Wed Jan 17 14:39:44 CST 2007

Go ahead, make fun of us
You young wippersnappers think you know it all
Why, when I was your age....

al marino

"Paul Pedersen" <nospam@no.spam> wrote in message
news:e6IYkSnOHHA.3552@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> From Dilbert:
>
> Guy #1: 'When I started programming, we didn't have any of these sissy
> 'icons' and 'Windows.' All we had were zeros and ones - and sometimes we
> didn't even have ones."
>
> Guy #2: "I wrote an entire database program using only zeros."
>
> Guy #3: "You had zeros? We had to use the letter `O'."
>
>
>
>
>
> "Jan Bucek" <bucek.jan@post.cz> wrote in message
> news:uXv67WiOHHA.1872@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> dBase II on CP/M (8 bit OS) on "computer" with two 8-inch floppy disks
> 128 kB each. And it was a miracle for us! Later FoxBase on XT/AT - cca
> 10x quicker than dBase II, Clipper with classes, FoxPro 1.02/DOS with
> windows ...
> Those were the days, my friend ...
>
> Gene Wirchenko napsal(a):
>> I had an amusing moment today. I had to look up a command that I
>> have not used in quite some time. The command was STORE!
>>
>> When I were a lad (dBASE II 2.02), STORE was a necessity. There
>> was no assignment statement besides STORE. Mind you, that was nearly
>> a quarter century ago.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Gene Wirchenko
>>
>> Computerese Irregular Verb Conjugation:
>> I have preferences.
>> You have biases.
>> He/She has prejudices.
>
> --
> Jan Bucek
> 17. listopadu 2657
> 544 01 Dvu*r Králové n. L.
> www.bucek.info
>

Dan
Wed Jan 17 15:47:37 CST 2007

Just remember the Ronald Reagan pledge:

"I promise not to take inappropriate advantage of my opponent's youth and
inexperience."

<g>

Dan

"nw9952" <nw9952@nauticom.net> wrote in message
news:uSWzUZnOHHA.4724@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Go ahead, make fun of us
> You young wippersnappers think you know it all
> Why, when I was your age....
>
> al marino
>
> "Paul Pedersen" <nospam@no.spam> wrote in message
> news:e6IYkSnOHHA.3552@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> From Dilbert:
>>
>> Guy #1: 'When I started programming, we didn't have any of these sissy
>> 'icons' and 'Windows.' All we had were zeros and ones - and sometimes we
>> didn't even have ones."
>>
>> Guy #2: "I wrote an entire database program using only zeros."
>>
>> Guy #3: "You had zeros? We had to use the letter `O'."
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Jan Bucek" <bucek.jan@post.cz> wrote in message
>> news:uXv67WiOHHA.1872@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> dBase II on CP/M (8 bit OS) on "computer" with two 8-inch floppy disks
>> 128 kB each. And it was a miracle for us! Later FoxBase on XT/AT - cca
>> 10x quicker than dBase II, Clipper with classes, FoxPro 1.02/DOS with
>> windows ...
>> Those were the days, my friend ...
>>
>> Gene Wirchenko napsal(a):
>>> I had an amusing moment today. I had to look up a command that I
>>> have not used in quite some time. The command was STORE!
>>>
>>> When I were a lad (dBASE II 2.02), STORE was a necessity. There
>>> was no assignment statement besides STORE. Mind you, that was nearly
>>> a quarter century ago.
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>>
>>> Gene Wirchenko
>>>
>>> Computerese Irregular Verb Conjugation:
>>> I have preferences.
>>> You have biases.
>>> He/She has prejudices.
>>
>> --
>> Jan Bucek
>> 17. listopadu 2657
>> 544 01 Dvu*r Králové n. L.
>> www.bucek.info
>>
>
>

Gene
Wed Jan 17 19:33:22 CST 2007

"Dan Freeman" <spam@microsoft.com> wrote:

>Just remember the Ronald Reagan pledge:
>
>"I promise not to take inappropriate advantage of my opponent's youth and
>inexperience."
>
><g>

I have restarted work on my baccalaureate. I am probably the
oldest in my two classes, excepting the instructors (though I am not
sure about one).

What is appropriate advantage, etc.? <metaphor>I would not want
to, ah, leave any money on the table.</metaphor>

[snipped previous]

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

Computerese Irregular Verb Conjugation:
I have preferences.
You have biases.
He/She has prejudices.

Gene
Wed Jan 17 19:34:23 CST 2007

Bernhard Sander <fuchs@no.spam> wrote:

>> I *think* store does expression evaluation so it's very useful.
>> cVarName = "addr"
>> store "" to (cVarName + "ess")
>> ? address
>> ...should work
>It's not only a thougt. It simply works. And it is not a new feature!
>I use it quite frequently.

No, it is not new, but it was not original equipment either.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

Computerese Irregular Verb Conjugation:
I have preferences.
You have biases.
He/She has prejudices.

ImagineCorp
Wed Jan 17 20:38:39 CST 2007

Love "Store" still use it...
When it was first introduced... What a breakthrough... no more setting the
same values to individual variables...Cannot remember who had it first,
dBase or Fox.
I started with Assembler, Fortran, Cobol, Basic, dBaseIII Plus, Clipper to
compile... Then a friend hands me a floppy with something called FoxBASE..
its own compiler...Wow... never looked back
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www.imaginecorp.com/what_we_do.htm

"Gene Wirchenko" <genew@ocis.net> wrote in message
news:ok9rq29d7lfq1rfs9pdets5ebag66tfl3s@4ax.com...
> I had an amusing moment today. I had to look up a command that I
> have not used in quite some time. The command was STORE!
>
> When I were a lad (dBASE II 2.02), STORE was a necessity. There
> was no assignment statement besides STORE. Mind you, that was nearly
> a quarter century ago.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Gene Wirchenko
>
> Computerese Irregular Verb Conjugation:
> I have preferences.
> You have biases.
> He/She has prejudices.

Kenneth
Sat Jan 20 14:02:12 CST 2007

Lew Schwartz wrote:

> I *think* store does expression evaluation so it's very useful.
> cVarName = "addr"
> store "" to (cVarName + "ess")
> ? address
> ...should work
>

Definitely one of the nicer features in Fox, made generalization easy
without the numerous hazards of macro expansion.


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Kenneth Downs
Secure Data Software, Inc.
(Ken)nneth@(Sec)ure(Dat)a(.com)