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Not only did I not know these inventions didn't come from U Waterloo, I also did not know most of these inventions existed! If you're going to tout your invent
by BeetleB 2y ago
Not only did I not know these inventions didn't come from U Waterloo, I also did not know most of these inventions existed!
If you're going to tout your inventions, it's probably better to list things people have heard of.
(Of course I knew of Maple, and I think I've heard of Watcom, although I may be getting confused with another company.)
- passwordoops 2y agoAs a Canadian, I can attest chest-thumping is not our forté
- jjtheblunt 2y agoAs an American, I knew multiple of those were from Waterloo, but not all. The post makes me think Waterloo does not realize they're totally respected.
- passwordoops 2y agoAnother thing we're not good at
- zacharyozer 2y agoI think the list I wanted / expected was, “10 things we’re really proud were invented at Waterloo (that you may or may not realize were invented here)”
- joemi 2y agoWatcom was pretty big in the C/C++ world in the 90's, I think. I was only doing a little bit of C/C++ programming back then but I kept hearing about it.
- NikkiA 2y agoFor a 90s minute, between like 93 and 96. Visual Studio 6.0's VC++ swallowed its market amazingly rapidly.