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Interview with Jon Skeet

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hellodevnull wrote: post #14
weavie wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Snap! Did my comp sci GCSE in 1990.

How was it? I didn't have an option to take CS either for GCSE or A-Level. There was IT but most university departments actually discouraged it and recommended just taking science and maths.

We got taught lots of basic stuff in GCSE. I remember high level stuff about computer parrts, peripherals, etc. Not much about networking. All very 'fluffy'.

A-level started more programming. We learnt Turbo Pascal (6 maybe?). I wrote my own DOS based windowing app for a sailing (racing) management tool. .

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bohinjc wrote: post #22
junto wrote: post #3

As a fellow Brit and as someone working in C# everyday, Jon Skeet is somewhat of a personal hero of mine. I can't count the number of times I've turned to StackOverflow and found the answer to have be written by him. Chappeau! Interestingly we appear to have had similar paths to get to our careers. I too started off with BASIC and the BBC B Micro. I then went on to study Computer Science at GCSE, A-Level and then at…

off-topic, but it always amaze me how ' chappeau ' finished with 2 'p', as did a lot of English words derived from middle/old french (single to double-n or double-p are common). Out of curiosity from a non-native speaker : does the double-p makes it more idiomatic for native English speakers ?

It's not an English word
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