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by dark-star 1183 days ago
We had programming languages that didn't require spaces back in the 80s. It led to code like this:

    10 IFA=3ANDB=5THENPRINT"HELLO"
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Even better, Fortran allowed spaces anywhere¹

    I FACE. EQ. BUT HEN GOT O1
¹ OK, not in a Hollerith constant.