I obtained a BS in Mathematics in 1959, which I have never used professionally. In 1961 I was accepted as a programmer trainee at Computer Usage Company in New York, the first consulting firm in the computer industry. I spent seven years there learning from a host of experts, and programming in assembler for the IBM 7090, 7080, 7070, 1401, and System/360 mainframes.
In later years, I continued programming in assembler for a variety of minicomputers and microprocessors.
I learned a version of the original Dartmouth BASIC while I was at General Electric in 1969. This was my first introduction to compiler languages. I continued to develop software in other companies using Basic and dialects such as Basic IV, Business Basic, Structured Basic, PickBasic, UniBasic, and QuickBasic on the IBM PC. I was involved in some marvelous projects using "good 'ol Basic".
Writing utility programs was always one of my favorite activities, even back on the IBM mainframes. In the PC environment, I have written over 30 utility programs using QuickBasic. Many of these were inspired by the Norton Utilities. I mostly use them for myself, and give them to my friends. I'm also proud to say that several of these utilities were incorporated into production systems, including network systems.
The first program that I'm going to post on this subforum is a date information utility. I spent about ten years gathering the date algorithms and refining and testing this program. Now I would like to share this with you.
The majority of my other utilities use the QuickPak Professional Library, which inhibits me from posting the code, since most people do not have access to this library.
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This message has been edited by iorr5t on May 18, 2007 1:47 PM