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Isn't it a miracle! It's fantastic, I've been reading old computer magazines from the 80s and 90s on archive.org, and the costs to set yourself up back then wer
by x0 6y ago
Isn't it a miracle! It's fantastic, I've been reading old computer magazines from the 80s and 90s on archive.org, and the costs to set yourself up back then were just astronomical. I remember seeing C compilers priced at $300, or even more.
- noir_lord 6y agoI’m just 40, I started programming in 87, got serious around 93, I remember getting my hands on a copy of turbo pascal from a family friend - not expensive but was for a kid and it was amazing. Now I grumble if it’s a pain to install a massive open source tool chain for free and these days it’s rarely painful. I should stop and appreciate that more once in a while.
- lowtolerance 6y agoI think a full copy of Visual Studio in the late 90s was like $700-800.