Robert J. Brotherus
My entry to Quantum Chemistry programming
In 1995, after two years of studies, I got a summer-job at University of Helsinki Laboratory of Physical Chemistry to develop Molecular...
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Robert J. Brotherus
- Oct 14, 2022
- 4 min
Logistic Map Fractal
In 1989, when I was 16 years old, I got as a christmas gift a Finnish translation of James Gleicks popular science book "Chaos" (original...
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Robert J. Brotherus
- May 29, 2022
- 12 min
Excel-revolution at Steel Factory in 1989
I got my first paid job as software developer at age of 16 in the summer of 1989. This was at the time in history when Personal Computers...
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Robert J. Brotherus
- May 8, 2022
- 4 min
Why do I like Programming so much? 🙂
Programming is like building with LEGOs but with infinite number of blocks and lightning fast servant to perform the repetitive parts of...
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Robert J. Brotherus
- Feb 6, 2022
- 13 min
From imperative C64 programming to functional-reactive style
Comparing the programming style of my 1987 Commodore 64 Basic Roulette-game to a modern functional-reactive re-implementation with...
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Robert J. Brotherus
- Dec 18, 2021
- 11 min
Developer experience in 1987 with C64 vs modern tools
Earlier I was introducing the old Commodore 64 "Ruletti" game I wrote in 1987 and the new Ruletti-reframe webapp-version I made with...
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Robert J. Brotherus
- Sep 9, 2021
- 7 min
Ruletti re-born after 34 years
I re-created my small Commodore 64 game with modern technologies to get a stunning reminder of how much the available technologies have...
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Robert J. Brotherus
- Aug 10, 2021
- 12 min
Blast from my Commodore 64 Past
The little programs and games I wrote for VIC-20 and later Commodore 64 in the 1980's were eventually all lost. All, except one: A small...
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Robert J. Brotherus
- Feb 5, 2020
- 7 min
From a Product company to a Consulting company
How I learned that what matters to me is using my skills to write meaningful software with good people - not what legal entity ultimately...
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Robert J. Brotherus
- Mar 13, 2019
- 8 min
Why so many languages?
Hundreds of programming languages have been born and died during the decades since 1940's. Some created by comitees, many by lone heroes,...
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Robert J. Brotherus
- Feb 15, 2019
- 4 min
Humble Beginnings: the VIC-20
How the right gift at the right time started my life-long interest in programming My grandfather Robert Siegfried "Oppe" Brotherus was a...
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