On Tue, 2005-07-19 at 19:05 -0600, Glenn English wrote: > On Tue, 2005-07-19 at 13:08 -0500, John Hasler wrote: > > Glenn English writes: > > > The fear of program bugs was nothing compared to the fear of dropping > > > those cards and getting the lines out of order -- the 50's and 60's (and > > > 70's, to a student) definition of data loss. > > > > You didn't have a card sorter? > > The grad students might have, but not the lowly undergrads. Besides, I > don't know how that could have worked -- lisp and Pascal don't have line > numbers.
See, line numbers *do* serve a useful purpose! ;) -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "You can't have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time." Charles F Kettering
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