30 Nov
2007
30 Nov
'07
11:24 a.m.
human-readable
(such as your COBOL cards) they'd be punched on a
printing keypunch (026) in the first place.
Unfortunately, the card output punches
of most of the computers, and the
stand-alone duplicator didn't print when it punched.
<snip> Afraid I don't get your point; after all, that was
the purpose of
interpreters like . . .
Your COBOL source cards on the other hand would have been punched
on a keypunch and could have been printed as they were punched, no?
That's my point.
If you have a DUPLICATE copy of a COBOL source deck, then it needs to be
interpreted. The first/original copy will have been printed by the punch,
but all subsequent copies won't.
Ah, for the days when a "backup" meant a duplicate copy of a deck, with
only one magic marker diagonal, so far.
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com