About this tag
The tag 1983 on WindowsForum.com covers nostalgic and humorous content from that year, including a classic programmer satire titled Real Programmers don't use Pascal, originally published in Datamation's July 1983 Readers' Forum. The tag also features vintage video clips such as an episode of Emu's World, Jim Carrey's early performance as Elvis Presley on The Tonight Show, and a sketch from SCTV. These threads reflect a retro computing and pop culture interest, with discussions around programming languages like Fortran, Pascal, and ADA, as well as entertainment from the early 1980s.
  1. bochane

    Real Programmers don't use Pascal

    Looking through old papers I found a copy I made of an amusing contribution to Datamation July 1983 Readers' Forum: Real Programmers don't use Pascal Who knows nowadays of Fortran, Pascal or ADA? Who were able to dig into the machine code to gain some precious microseconds? We were, a long...
    • bochane
    • Thread
    • 1983 adas datamation fortran machine code microseconds old papers pascal programming readers forum
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: The Water Cooler
  2. whoosh

    VIDEO Emu's World S3E2 (1983) - FULL EPISODE

    :p
    • whoosh
    • Thread
    • 1983 british television emus world full episode
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: The Water Cooler
  3. whoosh

    VIDEO Jim Carrey does Elvis Presley on The Tonight Show - 1983.mpeg

    :p
  4. whoosh

    VIDEO Sctv, 2/11/83 - Vic Arpeggio: Private Investigator" - 1/2

    :p