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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: operator syntax, Unicode in strings
Date: Wed, 29 May 2024 04:49:26 -0000 (UTC)
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On Tue, 28 May 2024 15:43:25 +0100, moi wrote:

> On 28/05/2024 02:22, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 27 May 2024 16:41:26 -0000 (UTC), John Levine wrote:
>> 
>>> I happen to have a copy of "Algol 60 Implementation" published in 1963
>>> which describes the KDF9 Algol compiler in considerable detail. They
>>> considered the translation of the Algol publication language to the
>>> 5-bit paper tape code their computer used so trivial that they don't
>>> even describe it.
>> 
>> Only 32 code symbols? It must have used shifts, à la Baudot code. It
>> probably was Baudot code.
> 
> It was Ferranti 5-channel paper tape code:
> <http://www.findlayw.plus.com/KDF9/The%20KDF9%20Character%20Codes.pdf>

That doc says it’s a 6-bit code.

By the way, don’t you hate sites that block user agents like wget?