[v8xi]

I learned Fortran for a summer research job in college about 15 years ago. It was my first programming language and I used it to do some population modeling. I found an old Fortran book from when my dad went to school back in the early 70s and learned it from that which was a cool experience - I just had to skip over all the parts about entering your code into punch cards :D

[jonjacky]

> I just had to skip over all the parts about entering your code into punch cards

A few years ago I worked with a scientist who used a huge Fortran program with a long history. He described the lines in a text file that configured the program: "On the first card you put ... on the next card you put ..." They still call them cards! He was born after actual punch cards went out of use.

[hnlmorg]

> I just had to skip over all the parts about entering your code into punch cards

Haha I bet that was a fun and weird experience.

[m463]

A shame to skip the IBM 029 experience. (separate issue from drum cards with a skip)