Article: Louisiana issues statement on the death of Dr. Ray P. Authement

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Authement, who served as University of Louisiana president for 34 years, rose fast and high in academic circles, completing his bachelor's at what would become Louisiana in 1950 and adding graduate degrees at LSU while launching his teaching and administrative career. He became UL president in his mid-40s and led the campus for 34 years, then the longest tenure as president for any public university.

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[Cajun90]

Fortran, now there's a blast from the past.

Try Ada....derived from Pascal and mean't to be the language used for federal government programs.

I remember getting the tour of the Multics data storage area. The biggest concern was you had like one minute to clear the room before the Halon gas system flooded the room and you couldn't breath.