Re: How comments treated by DIRMAINT

[Stephen Frazier]

The way I heard it was that there were 80 questions on the 1900 census. Machines were built to 
process the census data. As the machines were there they got used for other things.

RPN01 wrote:
I’m not sure why Mr. Hollerith chose 80 columns, but 
it has really hung on. 
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Stephen Frazier
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