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by defrost 167 days ago 

  1. Punch cards -> Assembly languages
Err, in my direct experience it was Punch Cards -> FORTAN

Here, for example, is the Punch Card for a single FORTRAN statement: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:FortranCardPROJ039.agr.jp...

PunchCards were an input technology, they were in no way limited to either assembley languages or to FORTRAN.

You might be thinking of programming in assembly via switch flipping or plug jacking.
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asadotzler 166 days ago
They're simply bluffing, and you called them on it. Thanks for your service. Too many people think they can just bullshit and bluff their way along and need to be taken down a peg, or for repeat offenders, shunned and ostracized.
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