Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 06:54:42PM +1000, Adrian Levi wrote: > >> 2008/5/30 Russell L. Harris : >> >>> I speak of the days of Fortran-II running on an IBM 1620. Back then, >>> it often was necessary to load the compiler (another deck of punched >>> cards) before loading the application. >>> >> It must have been fun to watch someone play pickup 500 and put them >> all back in order again. >> > > IIRC, each card had a sequence number. That a choice which got in the way of the development stage. Who wanted to punch a whole new deck for each small change?
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