Larry Martell <larry.mart...@gmail.com> writes: > On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 12:12 PM, Rhodri James <rho...@kynesim.co.uk> wrote: >> <yorkshireman> >> Eh, my school never 'ad an electronics class, nor a computer neither. Made >> programming a bit tricky; we 'ad to write programs on a form and send 'em >> off to next county. None of this new-fangled VHDL neither, we 'ad to do our >> simulations with paper and pencil. >> </yorkshireman> > > We dreamed of writing programs on a form. We had to make Hollerith > punch cards by hand using a dull knife. You tell that to the kids of > today and they won't believe you.
Dull knife, was it? Luxury! We had to dab at card wi' tongue 'till it were wet enough to punch with a whittled stick. -- Ben. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
