Path: ...!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: 9HHOLLERITH, ALTER, ASSIGN and labels-as-values Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2024 17:08:23 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 8 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2024 23:08:30 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="a7a1d6ef33a3325082a534d5b628fdcc"; logging-data="628772"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18l8KRClozUVDIKb8Xgl2tyj7tZFuI0z6I=" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Cancel-Lock: sha1:mYb/1piyOqW7kNF9apeI1KSreFA= sha1:Bynt/pduIK16+18s47nG//3d7Gw= Bytes: 1319 >> Of course people used coding forms. > I never did. They were expensive. It's amazing to think how much easier it is to write programs now that we can simply 3D-print our punch cards. Stefan