tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510372754907272233.post2057972091498913942..comments2023-10-07T05:26:12.985-04:00Comments on Blogging the Imagination: Yesterday's WordBanewoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10505522715810989827noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510372754907272233.post-23619750075969066162018-11-05T04:04:27.806-05:002018-11-05T04:04:27.806-05:00"Tree of Life" didn't cause any job ..."Tree of Life" didn't cause any job losses. I used to maintain that code. I know precisely where it came from. Word was, like all our apps code at the time, interpreted and this was in the interpreter and that came from the author of the interpreter who was an extremely smart guy and a huge asset to Microsoft. They're lucky they didn't fire him. My successor as keeper of the interpreter removed that code when it started appearing due to stack overflows when TSI programs caused the stack to get too deep when they interrupted. He told me that management said that this was his most important contribution. It was a few lines of code snipped. That was a much more innocent time when programmers were expected to be mildly (or strongly) eccentric so this sort of thing, while frowned on, was accepted.darrellphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05812675805204471397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510372754907272233.post-75006843037744136382007-10-22T14:42:00.000-04:002007-10-22T14:42:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510372754907272233.post-38143180308589487372007-10-22T13:31:00.000-04:002007-10-22T13:31:00.000-04:00What's interesting is that that version of Word pr...What's interesting is that that version of Word probably includes all the features that I use (except hyperlinks).MountainLaurelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10512030002803787636noreply@blogger.com