[VadeRetro]

No icons. Expressive computer prompts like

MCR>

to which you might respond

MCR> PIP [314,321]*.*;* /LI /FU

and "man pages?" We didn't need no stinkin' "man pages." "Help" function? Geddoudahere!! Full-screen editors? We had LINE editors! And we loved 'em! If we couldn't hack it, natural selection weeded us right out.

Programming's gone too soft anymore, that's all.

[PatrickHenry]

Programming's gone too soft anymore, that's all.

I used to program in BASIC, and even tweak programs in binary, back when I had an Apple ][. Those were the days. Now I'm terrified to even think about what's lurking in the registry.