From: rfris...@vcnet.com
Subject: Re: Fortran Coding Style for the Modern Programmer
Date: 1995/12/09
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>   mturu...@finsun.csc.fi (Markus Turunen) writes:
>  In article <DJ45y5....@ktibv.nl>, r...@ktibv.nl says...
>  ...snip
> 
>  
>  We easily forget the primitive environment, where scientists and engineers 
>  often wrote those old programs. There was not any screen where you could 
>  immediately see what you are writing, and editors were often very 
>  userunfriendly. So you were discouraged to write verbose comments.
>  
>  And I remember that 1960's there was a school of thought that source code 
>  should not be readable by itself, it only has to do job well. 
>  
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>  ** Markus Turunen ** scientist ** Vaisala Oy ** Finland **
>  
>  
>>>>
Any other of you old timers out there remember how to 'cheat' on 026 key punch?
You could duplicate a card, and by jamming your thumb firmly on the input card, 
punch a couple of characters onto the output card.  VOila!   Character insert into
a source statement.....    

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