Re: ALTER, ASSIGN and labels-as-values

On Tue, 4 Jun 2024 11:19:38 +0200, Terje Mathisen wrote:

Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
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On Mon, 03 Jun 2024 14:11:46 GMT, Scott Lurndal wrote:
 

Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:
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On Thu, 30 May 2024 10:15:54 +0200, Terje Mathisen wrote:
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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.

 
Do you insist on not reading what we write?
 
I hadn't even heard of coding forms until now, almost 47 years later.

Obviously it was your fault for creating extra work for yourself all those
years ago, if you hadn’t even heard of coding forms until now, much too
late.