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From: John Levine <johnl@taugh.com>
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Subject: Re: 9HHOLLERITH, ALTER, ASSIGN and labels-as-values
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According to Lawrence D'Oliveiro  <ldo@nz.invalid>:
>> Aside the fact that you needed to know the length _before_ you punched
>> the rest of the "very long text string" on the card?  Or are you
>> suggesting that coding forms (which were used for third party punching)
>> were a prerequisite for punching program cards?
>
>Of course people used coding forms.

I never did.  They were expensive.

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