According to Lawrence D'Oliveiro <[email protected]d>:

Aside the fact that you needed to know the length _before_ you punched
the rest of the "very long text string" on the card? Or are you
suggesting that coding forms (which were used for third party punching)
were a prerequisite for punching program cards?

Of course people used coding forms.

I never did. They were expensive.

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Of course people used coding forms.

I never did. They were expensive.

It's amazing to think how much easier it is to write programs now that
we can simply 3D-print our punch cards.


Stefan

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Stefan Monnier <[email protected]> schrieb:

It's amazing to think how much easier it is to write programs now that
we can simply 3D-print our punch cards.

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