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ultraboom
960 days ago
The best thing about punch cards and FORTRAN was punching a "C" in column 80; then the statement could be commented-out simply by reversing the card.
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bregma
960 days ago
Except cards are keyed and unless you clipped the other corner, a reversed card would not fit in the card reader.
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