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Yeah there are still people out there hand-crafting Assembly. Not so sure about punch carding though; maybe some extreme retro getup.

• thih9 3mo ago
  If we don't count player pianos, punch cards originated in textile industry and jacquard looms[1] - and many jacquard loom users rely on punch cards even today. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punched_card#/media/File:Industry_during_the_First_World_War-_Leicestershire_Q28124.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punched_card#/media/File:Indus...
  • skeledrew 3mo ago
    OK, but the context here is computer programming. Unless you're arguing that a jacquard loom is a computer.
    • thih9 3mo ago
      To me the context is new technology that replaces the old, but the old is still more practical in some applications.