My father told me a story about when he was in college, he had to find a book in the library catalogue with the program he wanted, order it and check it out, an

My father told me a story about when he was in college, he had to find a book in the library catalogue with the program he wanted, order it and check it out, and then type it up and test/debug it. After that all his colleagues and professors wanted to borrow it as well. This was in the 70s.