On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 , Fred Cisin <cisin at xenosoft.com> wrote:
> > A REAL programmer can write a FORTRAN
program in any
> > language.
On Tue, 18 Dec
2007, Chris M wrote:
O man don't tell me that means a *real* pwogwammer
knows how to use the <TAB> key. Or spends half his
coding time running the spacebar.
of course not
you punch a drum card
No, you have the "standard" drum card already punched up. You keep them right
below the chad box in the keypunch so that the students who muck up the
"standard" one in their crazy attempts to make their own can be put out of
their misery. Always keep a few "extras" floating around.
Of course, the "standard" drum card has Fortran as the #1 program, and the
assembler of the machine in the #2 program.
This usually indicated you had the statement number LEFT justified in columns
1-5, not any of that coding form right justified junk.
As for Greenbar/bluebar (I always thought bluebar was better), weren't those
the coding forms we all used. Having nice wide paper was where you made the
"edits" to your code and took it to the keypunch.
Ob Keypunch: Back in the day they had a Control Data Institute ad on TV that
boasted "Do you like working with your hands and not getting your fingernails
dirty?", I then remarked that this guy has NEVER replaced a keypunch ribbon.
(*SIGH*) those days were much more fun!!
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