> JJ wrote: > > I spent my time on punch cards. I will never forget the need for the ; in > the 72nd column of each row. Or the high cost of a typo. Or of dropping the > card stack. >
I took a punch card class in college - they wanted us to understand the technology so we had to write a program using them. The prof was this Asian guy with a thick accent and I remember one of the students being baffled by the whole concept. He just wasn't getting it. He kept asking questions on how it worked. When the professor explained the importance of keeping the cards in order the kid blurted out, "WHAT??? What if I drop the cards???" In his thick accent the prof said, "wull ... zen yoo ur scrooed." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:299504 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
