Re: The joy of FORTRAN

On 3/11/25 2:27 PM, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

On 2025-03-11, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> wrote:
 

    Banks are adversarial now, not "your servants".

 What do you mean "now"?  When my sister was working at a bank
30-someodd years ago she was reprimanded more than once for
failing to gouge customers enough with service charges.

   Heh heh ... banking IS an old institution, kinda back
   to the beginning of history, right after prostitution
   (or maybe before). RARE for them to not make a profit.
   However they can do it in a more, or less, hostile
   manner. When the USA was still swimming in it they
   could be more genteel. Now ... maybe not so much.
   One of the banks I use, I hate to even go in there
   right now because they're just RABID about shifting
   everybody to 'better' kinds of accounts - which, if
   you look close at it, ultimately means they can
   charge you more fees and skip some liabilities.
   The Code of Ur-Nammu, oldest known writ-down laws,
   about 4000+ years old found on Sumerian tablets,
   refers to fines for offenses ... silver sheckels
   or mina's thereof. Where there is coin there are
   bankers and lenders :-)
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_of_Ur-Nammu