>> Since ya gots to put in those delimiters, ya gots to put 'em 'somewhere' >> so > why not every 80 or 128 characters? > > Probably because punch cards (remember those?) has 80 columns ;-)
Of course I remember those. My first first computer program was written (??) on 80-column punch cards > If punch cards were 20% larger, we would probably have 100 character > blocking... You don't remember the 128-column punch cards? The little ones? Michael C. Mattias Tal Systems Inc. Racine WI [email protected] ------------------------------------ ... Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
