This is an interesting article I found via Clive Maxfield (Engineer Extraordinaire) about programming skills that were once mandatory.  One interesting bit was Hungarian notation.  I use Camel Case but I still prefix pointers with a lower case “p” so I guess I’m still a little old school.  Punch cards are thankfully no more but I remember hearing other engineers talk about using them.  I remember taking a programming class where the instructor mentioned the “goto” statement and just simply saying “don’t use it!”  Can you think of any that are not on this list?  If so, just add them in a comment and we’ll keep out own list.

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