Cryptic codes and abbreviations are surprisingly prevalent in more places than you'd expect. Anyone working with EDI documents in medical or retailers has first hand knowledge.
Certainly. Air transportation just holds particular interest for me, given that the codes and abbreviations reflect historical physical constraints: so-and-so many columns, so-and-so many inches of printable space on a ticket, etc.
(This is also why I find US banking standards interesting[1].)
Most linters follow the 80 character limit because of the IBM punch card and Unicode and ASCII are also both full of these historical quirks. Many of us deal with these every day. I assume it's the same for people working in the aviation or medical industry
(This is also why I find US banking standards interesting[1].)
[1]: https://blog.yossarian.net/2019/12/25/A-shallow-dive-into-th...