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From: "Stephen Fuld" <SFuld@alumni.cmu.edu.invalid>
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Subject: Re: ALTER, ASSIGN and labels-as-values
Date: Thu, 30 May 2024 17:01:34 -0000 (UTC)
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Terje Mathisen wrote:

> Stephen Fuld wrote:
> > Thomas Koenig wrote:
> > 
> > See what problems you get when you use that newfangled technology!
> > :-)
> > 
> > *Real* programmers used actual punched cards!  :-)
> 
> BTDT, never want to go back.

Of course, I agree.


> This was using hand-punched cards, writing FORTRAN 2 code with the
> Hollerith text constants so you had to count very carefully:
> 
>    FORMAT 27HTHIS IS A VERY LONG TEXT STRING...


And, as your example above demonstrates, very error prone!   :-)


> Good riddance!


Yup!




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 - Stephen Fuld 
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