The Self Referential Thread

[kurchatovium]

Many years ago, I actually wrote some programs in COBOL. 😱 I would rather go to the dentist. 😀 😛

Indeed same here and I agree the dentist is much less painful. LOL

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[milagros317]

The first programming language that I ever learned was FORTRAN. 😀 😛

 

[goddess_nemesis]

It's all Greek to me.

 

[kurchatovium]

The first programming language that I ever learned was FORTRAN. 😀 😛

Yea same here. I also did some Assembly Language programming. 😱

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[milagros317]

Luckily for me I never had to do assembly language programming. 😀 😛

 

[kurchatovium]

It's all Greek to me.

LOL Its all in day of punch cards. When you bought a pack of cards from a cigarette like vending machine and then punched in your computer codes into those cards and used them to porgram the computer.

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[milagros317]

It's all Greek to me.

You're too young to remember those primitive programming languages, Nemesis.😀 😛

 

[goddess_nemesis]

LOL Its all in day of punch cards. When you bought a pack of cards from a cigarette like vending machine and then punched in your computer codes into those cards and used them to porgram the computer.

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Still don't understand that but here's a funny picture. 😀

 

[kurchatovium]

Still don't understand that but here's a funny picture. 😀

Funny stuff. 🙂 Thanks for the pic.

There was a time when computers could not be programmed directly via a keyboard like now but rather could only be programmed through a set of cards that had holes punched out in the right places. It would take large stacks of those cards to write a single program and often you would see students carrying a big box of cards that held their project.😱

 

[milagros317]

That is a very amusing picture. Thanks, Nemesis. 😀 😛

 

[kurchatovium]

Hardly anyone remembers punch cards anymore. LOL Gone the way of the slide rule I guess. 😛

 

[goddess_nemesis]

Funny stuff. 🙂 Thanks for the pic.

There was a time when computers could not be programmed directly via a keyboard like now but rather could only be programmed through a set of cards that had holes punched out in the right places. It would take large stacks of those cards to write a single program and often you would see students carrying a big box of cards that held their project.😱

Wow.

 

[milagros317]

Hardly anyone remembers punch cards anymore. LOL Gone the way of the slide rule I guess. 😛

Indeed, only us old guys remember. I remember how noisy the room was at college with two or three dozen people using the keypunch machines at the same time. 😱
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[kurchatovium]

Wow.

Amazing huh.

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[milagros317]

I once wrote a FORTRAN program that required about 3,000 punched cards. 😱
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[kurchatovium]

Indeed, only us old guys remember. I remember how noisy the room was at college with two or three dozen people using the keypunch machines at the same time. 😱
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Yea it did get very noisy LOL

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[milagros317]

Yea it did get very noisy LOL

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Duplicating a deck of punched cards was even noisier since the electromechanical duplicator went much faster than a human typist. 😱
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[kurchatovium]

Duplicating a deck of punched cards was even noisier since the electromechanical duplicator went much faster than a human typist. 😱
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Oh yea I remember those things. They did make a racket but came in handy at times for duplicating subroutines and stuff. 🙂

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[milagros317]

Once you had written a long program, saving a duplicate deck was a crucial back-up. 😀 😛

 

[kurchatovium]

Once you had written a long program, saving a duplicate deck was a crucial back-up. 😀 😛

Yea especially when you could drop your box of cards and would have to try to resort them in the right order. 😱

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[milagros317]

That was a nightmare, dropping a box of punched cards. 😱
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[kurchatovium]

That was a nightmare, dropping a box of punched cards. 😱
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Some mean people would knock a persons box in hopes of spilling all their cards.

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[milagros317]

That is truly mean.
That never happened to me. 😀 😛

 

[kurchatovium]

That is truly mean.
That never happened to me. 😀 😛

Yea it is. Never happened to me either luckily, but there were a few bullies that use to do it.

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[goddess_nemesis]

Some mean people would knock a persons box in hopes of spilling all their cards.

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People still do that today, but instead of those cards, it would be like school books or whatever.