>My checklist:
>sorting algorithms - yupp
>my own GUIs - yupp
>GOTO - tried to avoid by buying structured basic very soon
>manual multithreading : yupp, at least half-manual
>self-modifying code : not really, sometimes small parts
>memory management - yupp
>punch cards - nope
>math and date conversions - yupp , and Character conversion as well
>Hungarian notation - yupp
>Making code run faster - still doing with a big smile, when I find a really slow part
>Being patient - had a pascal on C64 with compile/link times over 30 minutes of a source where the Turbo/PC version compiled in 86 secs

and 2 out of the 3 honorable mention


> Implementing a linked list or hash table yourself: Nope
> Hand-coding XML for SOAP deployment : yupp, in vfp...
> Choosing direct file access such as sequential, direct access, indexed access: very often