<<Guys like John Bonham, Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and  so on  
were 
three individuals who got very lucky indeed.>>
 
Oops, no one noticed the boo boo -- that should have been FOUR individuals,  
not three.......
 
Yes, I've always been confused as to the priority of importance of all  these 
pc type programming technologies. Just what is the standard business  
programming language on a pc? -- VB? Java? C++ ?? or even a mini-Cobol ? How  about 
the standard OS on a pc? -- Windows?? Linux? Unix? 
 
Way back when in the "good" old days of the 50's and 60's Cobol was the  
standard for business apps, Fortran was pretty much the standard for  Math/Science 
apps, and others
whose names totally escape me now.....
 
There just seems to be so many and almost impossible to tell which ones are  
worth pursuing 
and which ones are not.
 
As Glenn Mitchell pointed out unless you have the years of experience  on a 
given subject, such as C++, you ain't getting the job anyway! Regardless of  
your years of experience in the programming arena unless you have 5 years plus  
of experience on "Brand X" you ain't getting that job. Pathetic! Lame  brains.
 
Actually, on my trusty little 917LX I have both Pascal and "C"  compilers on 
it. When I had
been developing some apps using the AIF intrinsics I opted for  Pascal 
because I found it
easier to write than "C"...
 
Thanks to all who responded......
 
Brian Donaldson.



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