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21: Invoicing, Writing, and Regular Expressions with Dr. Drang

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Apr 12, 2019

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Early Programming Days

Dr. Drang's first programming experience was with Fortran on a mainframe, using punch cards.
He vividly remembers the tedious process of writing, submitting, and debugging programs.

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Learning Pascal

Dr. Drang learned Pascal, which introduced him to structured programming concepts.
This experience significantly impacted his programming approach, emphasizing organization and clear variable naming.

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HyperCard Beginnings

Dr. Drang's automation journey began with HyperCard, using it for contacts, calendar, and even launching applications.
He fondly remembers HyperCard and HyperTalk, considering them a great programming environment.

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In this episode of Automators Rosemary and David interview the mysterious internet legend Dr. Drang. As well as talking about Python, Perl, and AppleScript, they also dive into regular expressions, Shortcuts, Drafts, Keyboard Maestro, and how you can combine all of these in various different workflows!

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